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It made sense for Britain to send the king rather than Keir Starmer to Washington, but it won’t make much difference
Individuals must be free to spontaneously assemble, express discontent and demand change
Part of the aim of dissident violence is to embarrass the party by forcing it to condemn what it once supported
Travel from Youghal to the Beara Peninsula, 140-160km, was lawful, but travel from Shankill to Bray on a shopping expedition was a crime
Palestinian children need protection, stability, dignity and the chance to grow up without fear
Revelation that former TD Jim Glennon wrote a character reference for a convicted child abuser should prompt a wider discussion
Any additional emissions will cause additional climate harm: that’s the basic physical and moral challenge of climate change
Liberalisation of the planning guidelines is necessary to support rural communities, proponents argue, but opponents point to environmental impacts...
With its disastrous housing policies, Fianna Fáil has lost touch with its own successes
Fatalism can be an effective coping mechanism but it’s not good for the world
Housing without planning permission in back gardens is a prime example of a government accepting a populist idea without proper interrogation
There are some signs, as midterm elections loom, that his Maga coalition may be fraying
While Leo Varadkar may have made the transition from public figure to private citizen himself, the public hasn’t
Sinn Féin has been working hard at showing the world that it has recovered its mojo
Already, people of faith are unsure whether the ‘all voices’ the President said she would listen to include theirs
Celebrity Super Spaces: It’s not all in good taste. And maybe because of this, I love every second
The Government needs to act with an urgency born of the risk that ongoing corporate tax growth is far from guaranteed
Rite & Reason: If a rule were introduced that only one income could be used for a mortgage, would house prices collapse?
His opposition to Donald Trump and the war on Iran is only a part of what makes Leo a unique and important figure in our time
The State takes in €126bn a year and cannot create a civil protection agency, a gas storage facility or a train to Donegal
There may be a view that the nuclear disaster is an event from long ago and no longer poses a threat, but the reality is very different
The Suez crisis was the end of the road for Britain as a global rule-maker. The US is setting itself up for a repeat
I drive through country towns, see dark and empty first floors and wonder why?
Victim-blaming remains worryingly high, even if many people show greater awareness and understanding of sexual violence
It is full of puzzles. Why was my grandfather’s age listed as 28 when he was, according to other data, 33?
The threshold at which politicians seek to overthrow their leader should be far higher than this (I am looking at you too, Fianna Fáil)
Department of Education did not consult a single autistic child, parent or representative organisation
Populist giveaways and overstaffing are costing Northern Ireland a shocking €3.3bn a year
An unholy trinity of conservatives, Christian nationalists and tech bros are planning to strip American women of their rights
There is, understandably, a reluctance to revisit the language of ‘online learning’. For many, it is associated with isolation and a diminished...
President can exercise her power by referring International Protection Bill to Supreme Court to test its constitutionality
Tipperary directly built just three new social houses. Dublin managed 72
Energy shocks are deeply uncomfortable, but they force structural changes
Every pressure group now knows it can be the unstoppable force that meets the moveable government
Worldview: Democratic standards have retreated globally, but there is nothing inevitable about this
Unthinkable: Looksmaxxing in its radical form is unsettling, involving everything from ‘bone-smashing’ to using crystal meth for weight management
Who wouldn’t want to live in a place where you can hang around cafes without computers, afford to rent in lively cities and where no-one is...
Even in critical circumstances such as the destruction of the British embassy in 1972 or in various prison riots, the State has never sent in its...
It is fair to ask if news media do a good job of capturing and representing a range of public views
McGregor may have some residual Irish fanbase, but this country – actual Ireland as opposed to ‘Ireland’ – has very little time for him
It has been disconcerting to see US Catholics belatedly turning on Trump. Where was the outrage before now?
Rite & Reason: In criticising the pope so harshly, Donald Trump seems to have lost the run of himself
We are frittering away the substantial tax resources that have come to us as a side effect of financial engineering of American companies
Ireland is sleepwalking into a food security crisis. We have just 74 field-scale vegetable growers left, down from around 600
By capitulating and throwing money at the problem, the Government has set itself up for a repeat performance, as Ireland’s EU presidency looms
Meanwhile, Fianna Fáil’s complicated relationship with Micheál Martin dominates every issue
Semaglutide mania is a symptom of a condition that can’t be cured
During an era of social media, sinister orchestration and fragmented politics, a path to resolution looks doubtful
Are we going to ‘literally concrete over’ the sufferings of children and grieving mothers failed by Church and State?
Last week’s events are clear warning to Government and gardaí about scale of what may come
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