Ireland has French Revolution-style levels of income inequality

Kamala Harris’s father, Donald Harris, an eminent economics professor at prestigious Stanford University in California, was described by the...

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David Mcwilliams

Here’s my prediction for when the general election will happen

The Cabinet – and everyone else – skedaddled out the door this week as fast as they could as the August break beckoned after a long political...

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Pat Leahy

JD Vance is part of a new generation of aristopopulists seeking regime change

“We are done sacrificing supply chains to unlimited global trade, and we’re going to stamp more and more products with that beautiful label,...

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Paul Gillespie

‘I feel like I’m in a war zone’: Hosting the Olympics is not all fun and games for Paris

Given the price of a drink at restaurants near the Eiffel Tower, the unwitting English tourist presumably thought he was getting a bargain. After...

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Sharon Gaffney

I smirked at the melodrama over reports of airport chaos. Then my own flight was cancelled

Last weekend, I was supposed to attend the wedding of a very dear old friend in Belfast. I had been looking forward to it for months. I planned to...

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Rachel Connolly

Darragh O’Brien’s department hates the idea of a housing body. That’s one of the reasons why we need one

Populism does not deal with “experts” very well. We all looked on as Britain sidelined the people who actually knew what they were talking...

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Cliff Taylor

Political stupidity of Fianna Fáil four could see Ireland end up with a bottom-of-the-barrel job in Europe

Michael McGrath was in Brussels this week to lobby for a serious portfolio in the next European Commission but his prospects have been undermined...

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Stephen Collins

When the Annie Murphy revelations came out, people wore Eamonn Casey T-shirts. How little we knew

Oh, how we laughed in the summer of 1992. The T-shirt vendors made hay while the Bishop Eamonn Casey revelations shone. “Wear a condom just in...

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Diarmaid Ferriter

The sting of the crosier is dead and buried with Eamonn Casey’s secrets

While womanising ex-bishop Eamonn Casey was attending first Communions as a Catholic curate in England in 2001 – the year Limerick diocese received...

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Justine Mccarthy

Ireland’s low inheritance tax is part of a social bargain with its middle classes

You have only to peruse the personal finance pages of this newspaper to realise how deeply the middle-class obsession with inheritance runs....

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John Mcmanus

Britain seemed to have turned a corner on immigration after Brexit. Then October 7th happened

Less than a year ago, immigration into the UK had never been higher, yet public concern about it had rarely been lower. In the 12 months up to...

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Newton Emerson

Knowing when to quit is a truly inhuman quality - just ask Joe Biden or Andy Murray

Andy Murray is a reluctant British hero. His clipped and quiet (grumpy?) persona off court makes way for a hot-headed player on court. Images of...

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Finn Mcredmond

Now the ICJ has demolished Israeli justification of occupation of Palestine, Ireland must act

The recent International Court of Justice legal opinion on Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories marks one of the strongest legal...

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Ray Murphy

Kamala Harris should have been given the chance to prove herself

Does Kamala Harris have what it takes? That is now the most important question in what will surely go down as one of the craziest presidential...

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Daniel Geary

We don’t need death threats against politicians to see how social media is harming democracy

Last week, a TikTok video containing alleged death threats against Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald went viral, the latest incident in a...

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Liz Carolan

Our party whip system is too severe. Politicians should be able to vote with their conscience

The Oireachtas is the name given by the Constitution to our national parliament. Article 15.2 states that it “shall consist of the President and...

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Michael Mcdowell

I’m finally ready to ditch my car. Here’s how I’ll manage it

I’m about to break up with my car. It’s like breaking up with one’s washing machine or fridge. It’s hard to imagine life without these...

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Sadhbh Oneill

Toxic algae are once again turning Lough Neagh green. The response is as stagnant as the water

“There are things people forget that were in the April 1969 manifesto of one crazy 21-year-old,” veteran civil rights campaigner Bernadette...

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Ireland has French Revolution-style levels of income inequality

David Mcwilliams

Here’s my prediction for when the general election will happen

Pat Leahy

JD Vance is part of a new generation of aristopopulists seeking regime change

Paul Gillespie

‘I feel like I’m in a war zone’: Hosting the Olympics is not all fun and games for Paris

Sharon Gaffney

I smirked at the melodrama over reports of airport chaos. Then my own flight was cancelled

Rachel Connolly

Darragh O’Brien’s department hates the idea of a housing body. That’s one of the reasons why we need one

Cliff Taylor

Political stupidity of Fianna Fáil four could see Ireland end up with a bottom-of-the-barrel job in Europe

Stephen Collins

When the Annie Murphy revelations came out, people wore Eamonn Casey T-shirts. How little we knew

Diarmaid Ferriter

The sting of the crosier is dead and buried with Eamonn Casey’s secrets

Justine Mccarthy

Ireland’s low inheritance tax is part of a social bargain with its middle classes

John Mcmanus

Britain seemed to have turned a corner on immigration after Brexit. Then October 7th happened

Newton Emerson

Knowing when to quit is a truly inhuman quality - just ask Joe Biden or Andy Murray

Finn Mcredmond

Now the ICJ has demolished Israeli justification of occupation of Palestine, Ireland must act

Ray Murphy

Kamala Harris should have been given the chance to prove herself

Daniel Geary

We don’t need death threats against politicians to see how social media is harming democracy

Liz Carolan

Our party whip system is too severe. Politicians should be able to vote with their conscience

Michael Mcdowell

I’m finally ready to ditch my car. Here’s how I’ll manage it

Sadhbh Oneill

Toxic algae are once again turning Lough Neagh green. The response is as stagnant as the water

Tommy Greene