Forelock-tugging to Trump in Doonbeg showed how far Ireland will bend for US dollars
We were bamboozled with jargon in the hope that the resultant fog would distract from what was obvious. The comfort, it seemed, was that ‘there is no single and agreed definition of a tax haven’
Sinn Féin’s housing policy ignores that climate change is already here and now
No one would campaign under the slogan ‘To Hell With the Future’ but it is starting to look like the coming election will merit such a rallying cry
Social media is destroying young people’s mental health. Why do we keep tiptoeing around this reality?
A ban for under-16s may polarise opinion, but we can’t keep highlighting the teenage mental-health crisis while ignoring the root cause
Nell McCafferty’s empathy and precision defined her, but they were a product of manifold tensions and denials
Nell McCafferty lived outside society’s norms and she never stopped challenging them
Kneecap’s use of Irish is perfectly in tune with Eoin MacNeill’s vision
The co-founder of Conradh na Gaeilge said ‘you might as well be putting wooden legs on hens as trying to restore Irish through the school system’
When the Annie Murphy revelations came out, people wore Eamonn Casey T-shirts. How little we knew
It is striking that his own betrayals were paralleled by trenchant denunciations of the supposed sins of others along with a determination to make edgy comments about celibacy
Ireland isn’t full: Our population could surpass its pre-famine peak in 33 years
The slogans ‘Ireland is Full’ and ‘Stop the new plantation of Ireland’ are comically historically illiterate
The Irish Republican Brotherhood 1914-1924: Diarmaid Ferriter on a very personal Fenian story
This book, the culmination of a very personal mission, is based on detailed research and, although it does not engage with some of the wider contextual questions posed of the IRB, is valuable and often insightful
Keir Starmer may love Ireland, but he won’t be ‘sucked in to the Irish bog’
Keir Starmer may find that that bog might not be as perilous as it once was, but it still creates wariness in Britain
Is Donald Trump a fascist? Historians cannot reach a consensus
Former US president's actions and rhetoric have divided historians over whether he is a fascist
This isn’t about guardians of Ireland’s rural soul versus the Gonzaga Greens - it’s about us all
Those who have crafted this narrative will be louder than most when they’re next looking for Noah’s Ark to rescue them and decrying insufficient support
RTÉ reporters were like a political Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, but no one addressed the big issue
Our immersion in the parochial pool is entertaining but the wider picture gets lost
Many Irish men and women fought in the second World War fought for reasons far removed from ideology
Perhaps not overly mindful of the horrors that would await them, many Irish people went in search of liberation, adventure or experiences unavailable at home
Climate change should dwarf every other issue yet momentum is stalling
The political gains for climate deniers will be remarkably self-defeating
Ireland’s Palestine move a step towards independence in foreign policy formation
This week’s developments are about many things including the Government and new Taoiseach seeking to promote themselves as moral consciences internationally