The current debate surrounding whether the president should address the annual Holocaust Memorial Day overlooks the context of his previous speeches at similar events. In discussing Irish media, Hot Press magazine is highlighted as a key platform that has represented various voices and issues since its establishment in 1977. Under editor Niall Stokes, the magazine aimed to explore a multitude of topics beyond just music, touching on love, politics, religion, and the environment, encapsulated as 'the whole damn enchilada of human thought.'
The row about whether the president should address the annual Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration ignores his speeches at previous events.
Hot Press magazine amounted to a 'living symbol of the barricades', in the words of the late Con Houlihan.
Since its foundation in 1977, the magazine has hosted many interesting voices, with editor Niall Stokes recalling its desire to cover more than just music.
Stokes mentions looking at 'love, life, politics, sex, movies, sport, religion, the environment - the whole damn enchilada of human thought'.
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