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Backhanded compliment from Trump, when he laughingly described business leaders as ‘vicious bastards’, shows Ireland still carries weight in his...
It is impossible to underestimate the impact the journalism of Frank McDonald, former Irish Times environment editor, had on Irish society
We have twice as many new citizens coming through the channel that demands no actual connection to Ireland
In his witty but wise study of death, Terry Eagleton is sceptical of the idea that being close to death offers ‘access to some secret knowledge’....
Disadvantaged students will be most affected by the disastrous reform of the senior cycle
I am aware of at least one case where an accused, who was unrepresented in the District Court and granted bail, assaulted their partner to a degree...
In practical terms, new citizenship rules will be another bureaucratic obstacle for people. But its other meaning is arbitrary cruelty-by-admin
Climate change for most of us will be a slow, banal deterioration in our quality of life – and we’re the lucky ones
Data centres impose massive costs on the power system, of that there is no doubt – but do they pay enough to compensate?
Phenomenon of setting out to financially help people only to leave them worse off is so commonplace in Irish economic policy that I have given it a...
If you promise to prioritise the people who get up early in the morning, you can’t spend your time delivering breakfast in bed to a bunch of others
Rite & Reason: The Irish do funerals well. It’s a cultural phenomenon, writes journalist Molly O’Reilly
People take criticism of the GAA personally. But institutional misogyny is, by definition, not a personal accusation
All the talk of giveaways and helping families has raised expectations, which now look set to be dashed by the bubbling energy crisis
Ireland is Europe’s most dynamic economy yet our young people are locked out of experiences and opportunities readily available elsewhere
Contrast their bravery with the behaviour of the Irish Government, which has refused visas to 97 Palestinian students, makes excuses about Aughinish...
Northerners get cheered when they win Olympic medals for Ireland, but heaven forfend we might let them vote here
A post on Facebook informed me the 9/11 families were petitioning to prevent my mayor, Zohran Mamdani, from attending the 25th anniversary...
A champion of city living, he was an impressive warrior, full of wrath, humanity, wit and research
Some of the complaints heard from Israel this week have been of British colonial arrogance. This tired cliche misses the point
Same political parties who once let wealthy buy Irish residency now want tighter rules for others who live here
The high-minded, snobbish claim that those on the right in Britain are above even thinking about Ireland is rather dishonest
When vengeance and gold are the objectives of the world’s most powerful man, nothing and no one is safe or sacred
The AfD is not a Nazi Party 2.0 but it wants to end efforts to understand Nazi crimes, which it claims are a ‘guilt cult’
Ordinary Irish voters are legitimately worried about the Government’s failure to address a costly and divisive issue
Regardless of what politicians say or do, people are starting to demand and deliver change locally
DPC ordered the HSE to audit stored records and ‘safely destroy any containing personal data that are no longer needed’. But these records have...
The deep roots of this barbaric assault on Americans lie in the same hatred of women that is now embedded in American reactionary politics
Kevin Sludds went from sleeping rough in Dublin to being a psychotherapist. He has lessons to share
The need for enhanced policing resources has never been greater. Bringing retired gardaí back should be part of it
A development plan for the town, beside the busy industrial centre around the airport, has been delayed for 20 years by Clare County Council
The pro-data centre language of US politicians sounds strikingly familiar to an Irish audience
There will be relief if Trump leaves Clare with the impression that ‘the Irish really like me’. In the grand scheme of things, the truth doesn’t...
The academic explains why she resigned in June from the group tasked with reforming Leaving Certificate maths
An advocacy group for ageing parents of people with disability believes we have replaced the high walls of the institutions with kilometres of...
What’s fascinating about the video he posted last week is the total clash of discourses it represents
Rite & Reason: In a society where flags, emblems, religion and culture are at the heart of divisive politics, it was refreshing to see loyalist bands...
If some people can’t get their heads around a picnic in Drum with a few accordion bands, then what chance do we stand when it comes to bigger,...
There is, indeed, a crisis for many people. But there is also a growing number doing very well
How these political forces negotiate the great tides of the age will determine the country’s future, for good or ill
Trump-welcomers have been warning that protests will damage Ireland Inc or, at least, Doonbeg Inc. Nonsense
A Border poll was never really on the table, and that is where there is considerable Anglo-Irish agreement
Free secondary education and a national system of school transport were transformational
Dissident republicans have seized on Burnham’s statement as proof Sinn Féin has been naive
What Europe lacks is a political mechanism to turn its qualities into co-ordinated action at a continental scale
Non-fiction doorstoppers on war and politics are reportedly the most challenged segment of the book market
There may never be a metric for the number of good families thrown into chaos and left broken
One child told us: ‘You guys are not doing anything to help the kids but you all still allow AI use in the school’
It would polarise politics even further and set the clock back in the quest for cross-community reconciliation, perhaps for decades
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