Diarmaid Ferriter: The Irish beef industry is enveloped by greedSmall farmers and factory workers are exploited, and the State does little to help themSat Sept 21 2019 - 06:00
DUP’s sacred cows the biggest obstacle to Brexit dealSolution lies in shared distrust of London and pragmatically prioritising NorthSat Sept 14 2019 - 06:00
Some lessons for Rees-Mogg and Johnson from Charles Stewart ParnellThe British prime minister might already have overplayed his hand, just as Parnell didSat Sept 07 2019 - 06:00
We now have the true measure of Boris JohnsonThe hypocrisy inherent in the British PM's words and deeds is astoundingSat Aug 31 2019 - 06:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Talk of integrity of union way beyond sell-by dateJohnson speaks of Belfast Agreement’s ‘delicate balance’ but is ignorant of itSat Aug 24 2019 - 06:00
South must confront its ambiguity about the NorthPsychological divide remains between people in the Republic and Northern IrelandSat Aug 17 2019 - 06:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Ireland is haunted by the phrase ‘by any means necessary’It contributed to partition, ongoing strife and a sense of unfinished businessSat Aug 03 2019 - 06:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Traditional roles of Anglo-Irish relations are being reversedThe relationship between Dublin and London needs to be managed carefully to dilute the current ‘momentum of disorder’Sat Jul 27 2019 - 06:00
The culture of Irish banking is not going to change one jotGamekeeper-turned-poacher Brian Hayes now has the gall to cheerlead for the banking eliteSat Jul 20 2019 - 06:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Boris Johnson’s appetite for chaos could strain EU solidarity on BorderDublin needs to engage in realistic planning for the Border in case of a no-deal BrexitSat Jun 29 2019 - 06:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Garda morality and policing of ‘scarlet women’Hounding of Majella Moynihan had roots in force’s hypocritical ‘manliness’ ethosSat Jun 22 2019 - 06:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: A Boris Johnson victory may not be a doomsday scenario for IrelandTory leadership contender is so unprincipled and dishonest he may retreat on the BorderSat Jun 15 2019 - 02:00
Shatter should not use his religion to avoid confronting his own hubrisDiarmaid Ferriter: Few mourned his downfall but it has nothing to do with his Jewish faithSat Jun 08 2019 - 02:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Can the Greens defy history?Party has momentum on climate change, but faces old questions of purity versus participationSat Jun 01 2019 - 02:00
A Shared Home Place review: A first-hand view of NI historySeamus Mallon details growing up in sectarian settings and his political careerSat May 25 2019 - 06:00
Tory nostalgia for Thatcher could propel Johnson into Downing StDiarmaid Ferriter: Thatcher’s victories came at the cost of deep inequalities and confusion about British identity that still resonateSat May 25 2019 - 02:00
Whatever these elections are about it’s not climate changeDespite its urgency, the environment is not a main theme for most European election candidatesSat May 18 2019 - 02:00
Broadband plan a missed chance to create a great public-owned utilityThe ESB was given responsibility for what was a national project in 1946 – and it workedSat May 11 2019 - 02:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Allianz’s act of monumental hypocrisyDonogh O’Malley’s free education speech from 1966 is pillaged for profit by insurerSat May 04 2019 - 11:37
Thirty years retrieving the history of Irish womenMargaret MacCurtain embraced challenge of commission on status of womenSat Apr 27 2019 - 02:00
JJ Lee’s ‘total history’ of modern Ireland: Still required reading 30 years onHistorian’s classic account lacerated the country’s mediocrity and begrudgerySat Apr 20 2019 - 05:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: British took pragmatic approach to new Irish RepublicIreland Act saw the exit from the Commonwealth and a burst of pious hot air in the DáilSat Apr 20 2019 - 02:00
No clarity about EU rights of Irish citizens in North after BrexitDeSouza case highlights difficulties set to arise in asserting EU rightsSat Apr 13 2019 - 02:00
Cultural path from Edna O’Brien to Sally RooneyIreland has a long way from its 1960s ban on Country Girls to praise for Normal PeopleSat Apr 06 2019 - 02:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: DUP needs to move from Ulster unionism to Irish unionismParty realists realise a shift in the wider balance of power requires a new strategySat Mar 30 2019 - 02:00
Fine Gael’s eulogies to Richie Ryan reek of revisionismParty grandees have conveniently forgotten how former minister was sidelinedSat Mar 23 2019 - 02:00
Brexit is really about escaping the emotional ordeal of EuropeBritain has always seen the EU as something to be endured rather than embracedSat Mar 16 2019 - 02:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: SDLP now a pawn in southern politicsNorthern nationalists look to be locked outside the gates of powerSat Mar 09 2019 - 02:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Handwriting and the loss of cogencyDigital technology is vital but it may be eroding communication functionsSat Mar 02 2019 - 02:00
Independence narrative must be freed of sweeping statementsDiarmaid Ferriter: State’s origin merits a complex and versioned historySat Feb 23 2019 - 02:00
Time for measured debate about the prospect of a united IrelandDiarmaid Ferriter: Fine Gael needs to back up its rhetoric on the NorthSat Feb 16 2019 - 02:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Wacky thinking about the Border isn’t newThatcher made one visit to the Border, and viewed it ‘from the window of a high-speed helicopter’Sat Feb 09 2019 - 06:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: American concern about the Border is legitimateThe US played an important role in the peace process from 1977 onwardsSat Feb 09 2019 - 02:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Britain cannot be left to solve the Border problem aloneHistory shows that insisting London comes up with a solution is not the answerSat Feb 02 2019 - 02:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Robert Watt cannot have his cake and eat itCivil servant champions accountability but will not answer questions on children’s hospitalSat Jan 26 2019 - 02:00
‘I was not a human being’: A history of Irish childhoodNo Child 2020: Dark stains remain on the Irish conscience over the treatment of childrenSat Jan 19 2019 - 06:03
Diarmaid Ferriter: Tory Brexiteers should study War of IndependenceAbsolutism about the backstop will only drive Britain up a political cul-de-sacSat Jan 19 2019 - 02:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Government needs to smell the daffodils in DecemberPoliticians must stop waiting on ‘the appropriate time’ and finally act on climate changeSat Jan 12 2019 - 05:00
From Partition to Brexit review: timely reminder of government failingsDonnacha Ó Beacháin exposes the inconsistencies of Border policySat Jan 05 2019 - 06:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Roots of Dáil’s ideological sameness run deepThe first Dáil and its successors remained wedded to a conservative model of politicsSat Dec 29 2018 - 05:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Even Christmas is not safe from crusading Twitter warriors‘Fairytale of New York’ row shows how the festive season is often a time of strifeSat Dec 22 2018 - 05:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Wilful disregard for Ireland at Westminster is nothing new‘Breathtaking ignorance’ of Brexiteers on Border has deep roots in past affairsSat Dec 15 2018 - 05:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Camogie has survived, but it has not triumphedUnesco status for the game is welcome, but it remains shoddily treated compared with hurlingSat Dec 08 2018 - 05:00
Michael Collins: The Man and the Revolution review – A knotty subject expertly unpickedThis robustly demystifying account of Collins’ legacy is a book of great originalitySat Dec 01 2018 - 06:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: The multilayered genius of Martyn TurnerThe cartoonist thinks in words not pictures, which is why his satire carries such powerSat Dec 01 2018 - 05:00
Mark War of Independence by reinstating history as core subjectState must ensure study of history does not become class-basedSat Nov 24 2018 - 05:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: North was always treated differently to rest of UK‘Ulster says no’ stance betrays ignorance of British and Irish historySat Nov 17 2018 - 05:00
Ireland’s complex relationship with the first World WarDiarmaid Ferriter: Thousands are still haunted by the conflict, but others view it as not ‘ours’Sat Nov 10 2018 - 05:00
Peter Casey’s childhood brush with civil rights did not instill empathySome Derry activists are still campaigning for social justice in their native hinterlandSat Nov 03 2018 - 05:00
Diarmaid Ferriter: Nuns’ side of story needs to be heardSilence and selective recounting of history reinforces caricature of ‘bad nuns’Sat Oct 27 2018 - 05:00
