A Catherine Connolly presidency would be an alternative to official Ireland
In Heather Humphreys, we have a candidate who is harmless. And In Catherine Connolly one who has the potential to do some harm, but also to do good
Budget 2026: What’s another year to a hungry two-year-old?
Nobody disagrees on the value of a second tier of child benefit. So why has it not been introduced? Lethargy
What on earth was Micheál Martin thinking? Jim Gavin clearly wasn’t ready
Getting your followers to agree to a proposition that makes no sense is the ultimate ego trip
Catherine Connolly should keep her inner Basil Fawlty under wraps
Accusing our EU allies of being proto-fascist warmongers is not a winning strategy
How is it possible to live with the knowledge that you have facilitated mass murder?
One term encapsulates the way Israel and its enablers are dealing with the genocide in Gaza: instant amnesia
The really nauseating thing about the Ryder Cup is how seamlessly it will all happen
Imagine the war cabinet that would have been assembled if paediatric spinal surgery was a global spectator sport
The presidential election needs a candidate I wouldn’t vote for: Maria Steen
There are still a lot of orthodox Irish Catholics and people of other faiths who share their views on issues like abortion, homosexuality, gender and marriage
Ireland was once the tradwife capital of the world. Worse, they were happy
Or so they said. But surrendering to oppression can be a form of contentment
The pain and shame that Bertie Ahern caused this country are not forgotten
Does Fianna Fáil really want to nominate him for the Áras and deliver us a sharp reminder of what that felt like?
Sinn Féin may reject commemorating the Normans, but there are some suspiciously Saxon names in its ranks
Take a look at centuries of Irish revolutionaries and you’ll find links to Norman history
We in Ireland forget how recently we were the ‘crap-job’ migrants
If we were serious about stopping people coming here to work in low-paid jobs, we would have to be willing to do three things
Gaza is also a war on the human instinct for compassion
When we learn to shut down pity, we summon the pitiless to power
Ireland in the 1980s was bloody awful, but there was at least one good reason not to emigrate
Galway’s Druid theatre company had a superb, stubborn belief that a basket case of a nation could also be a Moses basket
Magic coins fill the coffers of paranormal Ireland
State coffers beefed up by huge corporation tax takes, but Government knows it can’t rely on money tree to live forever
Tuam is a microcosm for Ireland’s history of discarded bones
The excavation that began on the site of the mother and baby home yesterday is making history in a double sense