Welcome to my website!

Here, you will find details of my Career and Life. I also make available a substantial collection of my journalistic writings in the tabs at the top of this page.  Below, there are details and links to my recent books, articles, lectures, and public appearances.  Since 2021, I have been a Contributing Editor to the European Conservative magazine, all my contributions to which are also listed below.  Also available are many of my Moral Matters columns, which were written for the Irish Daily Mail from 2009-2018.  From 1992-2003, I was a lecturer in Philosophy at Univeristy College Dublin, where I was also the Newman Scholar in Theology (1999-2002).  From 2006-2011, I lectured in Philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.  I was a columnist for the Sunday Independent and the Irish Daily Mail from 2003-2019. My books include The Politics of Exodus: Kierkegaard’s Ethics of Responsibility (2001); The Philosophy of Derrida (2006); Why Be a Catholic? (2011); Roger Scruton: The Philosopher on Dover Beach (2009 & 2024); Moral Matters: A Philosophy of Homecoming (2015); Conversations with Roger Scruton (2016); and Against the Tide (2022).  See the ‘Books’ tab above for more titles.