Dolores Keane’s honesty about her demons was as piercing as her singing
Being the custodian of so much was no easy path, but she knew she could not stop singing
Real legacy of Elvis may be contested, but his story recalls a better America
It is the vitality and soulfulness of Elvis on stage that lingers in Baz Luhrmann’s film, a powerful antidote to the usual preoccupation with his private demons
Donald Trump’s pressure-cooker approach to Iran was always going to explode
It suits Iranian militants to prolong confrontation by drawing their enemies into protracted regional conflicts
Fianna Fáil’s founding aims haven’t aged well for the party
Unity, a social system offering equal opportunities and fair distribution of land were among them
Few predicted just how deep AI’s race to the bottom would go
ChatGPT is the scourge of educationalists and others who care about research, writing, intellectual autonomy, truth and accuracy
Garret FitzGerald had flaws but he also had something novel: a vision for Ireland
He badly mishandled the abortion referendum in 1983 and failed to oversee the legalisation of divorce in 1986, but what he always had was a vision
Micheál Martin’s caution has become a screen he hides behind
Martin argues that confronting Trump is counterproductive, but decrying the current fascism is matter of morality
Ireland needs a better strategy than ‘hope’ when it comes to flood prevention
Concrete is at the centre of the Irish flooding dilemma, but it is not the solution either. We need to look to nature
Irish ignorance about the Holocaust isn’t new but social media has supercharged it
Instead of censorship, we have an abundance of distortion, lies and denial, as history, or what purports to be history, is weaponised
Diarmaid Ferriter: Trump’s coveting of Greenland is an update of Danish imperialism
This is not the first time a powerful force has suggested Greenlanders are ill-suited to controlling their own lives
Irish people have always demanded too much of RTÉ – and it usually delivered
Responsibilities were presumed to include reviving Irish, selling everything ‘from sausages to sweep tickets’, and providing a living for writers and musicians
Here’s one thing to look forward to this year: the release of the 1926 census
Opening of this material will facilitate much research, and for many the chance to place our own family story in context
Iris Murdoch went to pains to hide poems on her bisexuality. Was it wrong to publish them?
Management of literary estates following an author’s death raises tricky ethical questions
Catholicism may be raising its head high but the body underneath is ailing
St Mary’s has been elevated to a cathedral at time when Dublin’s Catholic Archdiocese faces financial meltdown
Like Neville Chamberlain in 1938, Donald Trump is the errand boy of gangsters
The British leader pledged ‘peace in our time’ after appeasing a tyrant – will history repeat itself?