Chris Johns: lying is the default setting as Brexit corruption spreads

Chris Johns: There is something rotten in UK politics

The Irish For - Doomed tales of unrequited love in Irish literature

IN THE OLD kingdom of Maigh Luirg in Roscommon in the 17th century, there lived a handsome, well-liked lad called Tomás Laidir (strong Tom) who...

Column: 'I had to give up hope of finding a permanent job in an Irish university'

LOOKING FOR A job in Irish universities was demoralising as there were no permanent contracts for the type of role I was applying for.  In...

Trump’s U-turn is a win for Russia and Iran

The withdrawal of US troops from Syria is having far-reaching effects across the region

Brexit: Johnson faces into week of crucial votes

Will business respond to the rising tide of climate change?

'It’s not a beautiful word, is it, Munster?'

Creative thinking may work in the North’s favour

Dual customs arrangements exist elsewhere, and could boost the North’s economy

On test: Peugeot 508 SW

This could be a game changer for estates

'The New Thing party I’ve just arrived at unnoticed, is the audiobook'

How I Spend My Money: A Kilkenny farmer on €32,000 with six adult children who likes a quiet life

WELCOME TO HOW I Spend My Money, a series on TheJournal.ie that runs on Wednesdays and Sundays and looks at what people in Ireland really do with...

Eir winning big with Apple partnership deal

The telco needed something big for the TV arm of its operation, and a partnership with one of the most famous brands in the world fits the bill

'Ponies, dogs and servants - she thought all of them should know their place': Life in a big house in 1960s Dublin

IN THE SUMMER of 1963 Gillies Macbain arrived in Dublin with only a bicycle, suitcase and thirty shillings. After finding refuge at the monastery...

Time to ring the changes and silence the Angelus

Some years ago, I spurned my one and only chance to help switch off RTÉ’s twice-daily bells, but I still think they should go

Lynn Ruane: Uniting movement groups in Ireland could lead to long-term change

PROGRESSIVE CHANGE WON’T just happen because we would like it to, it requires a movement and a consideration of who is involved.  Although...

The Lat Post with Matt Cooper

Is Gary McGann ignoring his own advice by taking a High Court case over a tax bill on a €2.3m payment?

The fund manager who fell to earth

As recently as four months ago, Neil Woodford was a rock star of the finance world. Now his name is a byword for spectacular failure. So what...

Apartment sizes set to drop dramatically

‘Worrying’ trends will see average size of 11,000 fast-track builds much smaller than today

Insurers must be proactive in challenging legal claims

Recent high-profile cases have put the issue of false legal claims under the media spotlight

Macri likely to walk the plank as Argentina continues to flounder

Rodney Edwards: How one brave man walked into our newspaper office to uncover shocking sex abuse cases

For most of 2019, Rodney Edwards has been writing about child abuse that had become an ‘open secret’ in his home county of Fermanagh during The...

Don't Mind Me: Heavens above: My new love for stars

THE possibilities are endless when you acquire an extra-terrestrial telescope. But that’s exactly what worries me. Endless possibilities freak me...

Then & Now: Singing a song for the GAA

AS THE GAA season slowly draws to a close it leaves the Gaelic games of hurling and football in perhaps as strong a position as they ever were....

Messy Brexit compromise stores up problems for the future

David McWilliams: The economics I learned are now wrong

Greens can name their price in formation of next government

That’s what happens when someone dies; they become a collection of stories, a handful of photos

Matt Cooper bores through Brexit to seek fresh subjects

DUP faces tough election sell on the doorsteps

THE DUP has finally been thrown under the bus and all it can do now is cause a bump in the road.

Ian O'Doherty: 'We don't do many things right, but we have weddings and funerals sorted'

Nationalists might learn that EU loyalty is a one-way street

LOYALTY to Britain is a one-way street.

Ian O'Doherty: 'Growing population is a cause of rising world hunger and poverty'

Mary Kenny: 'Ulick and me... They say we should never speak ill of the dead, but surely it's better to remember people as they really were, flaws and all?'

The Irish and the Godfather Mario Puzo

Did you know that one of the greatest movies in cinematic history would never exist if a couple of Irish killers had better aim? It goes like...

Jack Tyner case: HSE needs a good dose of compassion

I took a DNA test and was shocked at what I discovered

October is National Family History Month! IrishCentral will bring you everything you need to know about researching your Irish family history. ...

Sinn Fein internal elections will be real battles from now on

Future leaders of the political party may find that the republican party politics that shaped the party are no longer a good fit. Strict, military-...

Sinn Fein likely face very tough choice after next British election

An election is in the cards in the United Kingdom, and that means voters in Northern Ireland are probably heading to the polls sooner rather than...

Will Paschal Donohoe’s voice of clarity now fall silent?