Maureen Dowd: How the egomaniac in the Oval was ‘exonerated’

Giving birth in the 1960s: 'All the mothers were terrified of the doctors and matron so we never asked any questions'

A RECENT ARTICLE on childbirth reminded me of the birth of my first child in the Rotunda hospital fifty years ago. I selected the Rotunda because...

We need an urgent restoration of serious, non-violent politics

Anniversaries can be a moveable feast.

Notre Dame raises question about values

Why Tom Hanks is light years ahead of every other celebrity

Lyra McKee was murdered for a perverted ideology, by a hand that didn't care

Watching Pat Hume cross the Peace Bridge in Derry with US Speaker Nancy Pelosi reminded me of the hope that these two formidable women represent.

Keeping your portfolio afloat

While investing in whiskey is best left to the experts, when it comes to private equity investment, it is important to keep issues of liquidity in...

Derry killer knew he was firing at civilians when he shot Lyra McKee

There is a riot in progress in the Creggan district as about fifty youths throw Molotov cocktails and stones at police lined up behind the armored...

Healthcare system must put the user first – not vested interests

Academia is not the solution to the health crisis. Rather we should go back to the fundamentals of safety, quality and productivity, and a...

Lyra McKee: kindness defined her, we must fight for her memory

Of course she did. The Bible told her she was going to Hell. Her society told her she was going to be ostracized or worse. Because she was young...

UN blasts absentee landlords pushing Irish out of homes with government's help

There's nothing like the old photographs of Irish evictions to illustrate the sheer injustice that was once faced by our ancestors Menaced by...

The Irish For: Why do we remember things from TV and what does that mean for learning languages?

This is the latest dispatch from our columnist Darach Ó Séaghdha, author of the award-winning and bestselling Motherfoclóir. Every Sunday...

Opinion: A variety of non-Christian historical sources support the idea that Jesus rose from the dead

EASTER IS THE Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The key written source for the resurrection claim is the New Testament, in...

Maureen Dowd: How the ego maniac in the Oval was ‘exonerated’

Death will foil taxman on gain in winning punt on stock market

Off message

When powerful women like Beyoncé open up about the struggles they face, they help the rest of us understand that there is no such thing as perfect

AIB riding the winds of change

The bank’s shares have been under-performing, but under its new chief executive things may be looking up

Driving our way to a heavier carbon footprint

Carbon emissions alone present a massive challenge for the car market in Ireland – especially as everyone wants to go bigger

My Grandfather: A forgotten hero of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising

On the surface, there was no reason to suspect the soft-spoken Cork man of being anything more than your average civil servant. He worked as a...

Maeve Sheehan: 'Imponderables, curiosities and key questions of truth'

Philip Ryan: 'Bono-stalking was toe-curling, but filibuster is senators' shame'

SBP editorial: Government needs to step in to defend teaching of history

Child Protection: The failure to publish the report into Mother & Baby Homes is part of a continued cover-up

IRELAND DOES NOT have a proud history of child protection.  Neither does its treatment of women – as mothers and as citizens – bear close...

Financial matters: Jill Kerby

The Nursing Homes Support Scheme is already over budget for this year. One solution would be to make home-owners contribute more of their assets...

Bad timing for EU as Trump comes calling

The US-China trade deal is an ominous development for the eurozone and for Irish exporters

Campbell Spray: 'A warrior against injustice and a seeker of truth: farewell to my old friend Grant'

Drink ban to hit outdoor ads hard

Changes in legislation will be an issue for the outdoor advertising industry, a forum for marketing that has changed hugely in the past 40 years

'Love rival' trial: 'Imponderables, curiosities and key questions of truth'

SBP editorial: Like them or loathe them, climate change protesters are right

Don't Mind Me: ‘Child’zillas take over Communions

HUMOUR is the safety valve of the nation, said that venerable but long extinct satiric publication ‘Dublin Opinion’. Well God help us if it still...