Kathy Sheridan: Where is the God of Love in the same-sex marriage debate?‘Would He approve the kind of reasoning that consigns up to 10 per cent of his human creation to a living purgatory’Wed May 20 2015 - 11:40
Byelection: not all family favourites in Kilkenny cat fightPolitical dynasties and new names pitched against each other using hurling metaphorsSat May 16 2015 - 11:21
Kathy Sheridan: 10 things we’ve learned from the UK electionsFor the first time, 30 per cent of cent of British MPs are women, up seven points since 2010Wed May 13 2015 - 05:00
Farage hasn’t gone away – and he probably won’tThe world speed record for political back-pedalling must go to the former Ukip leaderFri May 08 2015 - 18:37
Ukip politics long on election promise, but short of temperLabour supporter punched in wake of allegation of ‘open racism’, writes Kathy SheridanThu May 07 2015 - 18:29
Kathy Sheridan: Voting and Liking are not the same thingWill young people’s zeal translate to the ballot box?Wed May 06 2015 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: First Families First take up fight for No sideCombative threesome that almost defeated children’s rights referendum enter the frayFri May 01 2015 - 21:34
Kathy Sheridan: Why Tesco should pilot healthy cooking for kids in Ireland‘Could it address the fact that in five years’ time, if we carry on as we are, the Irish will be the fattest and most unfit people in Europe?’Wed Apr 29 2015 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Less about marriage, more ‘you’re one of us’Vivian Cummins has fostered a child for 10 years with husband Erney BreytenbachSat Apr 25 2015 - 01:00
Banking Inquiry: Bankers beware – we have grown cynicalKathy Sheridan: ‘Any one of them who attempts political stunts, showboating or grandstanding should be cut off at the knees’Wed Apr 22 2015 - 09:32
O’Haras have their say at last as Graham Dwyer gets lifeVictim-impact statement focuses on intelligent, generous, hard-working Elaine O’HaraTue Apr 21 2015 - 01:00
Gorse Hill: Air of defeat from folk who live on the hillBrian and Blake O’Donnell run gamut of emotion as court rejects latest submissionThu Apr 16 2015 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Court reporters face ongoing battle for court documents‘Documents already opened in public court are public documents, yet are treated like the third secret of Fatima’Wed Apr 15 2015 - 05:00
Graham Dwyer shakes head at guilty verdict as if baffledDuring nine-week trial Dwyer’s surreal air of confidence and good cheer seemed to growSat Mar 28 2015 - 00:30
How Graham Dwyer preyed on the weakestA depraved, small man with a staggeringly unshakable air of confidenceFri Mar 27 2015 - 20:25
Would you swap lives with your parents?Most Irish people think they have easier lives than their parents did – and that the next generation will have it better again. Family Values, a major survey by ‘The Irish Times’, explores the changing Irish familySat Mar 21 2015 - 01:00
Irish people say they have it easier than their parentsFamily Values survey debunks the cliche of the gold-plated old and yellow-pack youngSat Mar 21 2015 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Terence Flanagan could have turned ‘brain-freeze’ into a bonus‘Politicians know that three-quarters of the audience is willing them to fail’Wed Mar 18 2015 - 05:00
The riddle of the gender quotas: Councillor smells skulduggery and its name is WomanKathy Sheridan: ‘As if smothering all that mighty male talent wasn’t outrageous enough, it will be done by weak females’Wed Mar 11 2015 - 05:00
O’Donnell accused of ‘being perched in his tower in the castle’This was no ordinary trespass order, as the O’Donnell circus occupied Court No 1Fri Mar 06 2015 - 08:49
Gorse Hill: Solicitor son calls father to tell him he is trespassingO’Donnells have until 4pm today to comply with order to vacate houseWed Mar 04 2015 - 09:43
Kathy Sheridan: Labour pains in being a small party in Government‘It’s no fun being a green, blue or pinkish small party with a brief to save the people’Wed Mar 04 2015 - 07:56
Gemma Dwyer recalls life with husband, now murder accusedDwyers celebrated their birthdays on day Elaine O’Hara’s remains were foundWed Feb 25 2015 - 21:53
Kathy Sheridan: Teenage ‘jihadi brides’ story triggers every parent’s nightmare‘When I was young and stupid I was young and stupid. Luckily, I have managed to locate the diary and kill it’Wed Feb 25 2015 - 07:33
Kathy Sheridan: State poised to boost developers so the merry dance could begin again‘The State – in a hurry to boost housing supply – is planning to loan money to builders at low rates to pay for the infrastructure around the housing estates they build’Wed Feb 18 2015 - 12:09
Kathy Sheridan: Fifty Shades of Grey – all tied up in a Cinderella package‘Anyone old enough to remember the Mills & Boon 64-pagers will recognise the formula’Wed Feb 11 2015 - 00:02
Kathy Sheridan: Why Operation Transformation should ditch the Lycra‘ Viewers are left under no illusion; reinventing your life and changing your lifestyle is not easy’Wed Feb 04 2015 - 12:01
Kathy Sheridan: So could we have our own Syriza, pleaseIs there any new party, movement or alliance in Ireland with Syriza’s potential?Wed Jan 28 2015 - 12:00
Who is Leo Varadkar?Minister for Health Leo Varadkar is an unusual politician. He has a high IQ and a small ego. He’s a ‘bit odd’ socially and seldom works a room. He’s a straight talker and a ‘crap liar’. And, of course . . .Sat Jan 24 2015 - 02:00
Kathy Sheridan: Why the banking inquiry needs the truth about bankers’ bonuses‘The Davos summit will welcome back many of the same movers and shakers whose reckless exuberance virtually destroyed lives and economies across the globe’Wed Jan 21 2015 - 12:01
How wife-swappin’ sodomites won the right to remarry1995 referendum that gave separated people the right to divorce was barely carriedMon Jan 19 2015 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan – Nous sommes Charlie Hebdo: souls in need of searchingUniversal yearning to find meaning in barbarityWed Jan 14 2015 - 12:44
Charlie’s devils: how Haughey era poisonous culture lives on‘The RTÉ series is described as “fascinating”. But Charlie Haughey’s corrupt, thuggish little power play will always elicit other adjectives that begin with an emphatic F’Wed Jan 07 2015 - 12:01
Review of 2014: The year the citizens brokeFrom the Rehab controversy to the John McNulty affair and the Irish Water debacle, the people of Ireland finally had enoughSat Dec 27 2014 - 01:00
Will Michael Fitzmaurice’s political plan shake up localism?‘In its ideal manifestation, localism is a driver of practical, community activism. Its flipside however, can be a reckless indifference to the bigger picture’Wed Dec 17 2014 - 12:01
The water charges fiasco: a lesson in how not to do thingsSocial enterprise, civil disobedience and a more accountable political system could help Ireland work better. But for starters, let’s learn some lessons from the water-charge shamblesSat Dec 13 2014 - 06:00
No matter how many water protesters turn out in Dublin, complex problems will remain‘If the protests are about something other than water – as the leaders are insisting now – why hijack World Human Rights Day, fronted by the banners of an organisation called Right2Water?’Wed Dec 10 2014 - 16:44
Left, right – what do labels matter when a homeless man dies on a freezing night?‘Tonight, among even those with roofs over their heads, there will be people of every class – whatever that means – too fearful to turn on the heating’Wed Dec 03 2014 - 12:13
Ex-Ireland and Lions outhalf Jack Kyle remembered at serviceWillie John McBride: ‘He was just one of the great men of this world, I am just proud I had him as a friend’Tue Dec 02 2014 - 18:24
To whom do we entrust this precious new politics of ours?Electorate should be mindful of its part in electing problem politicians of the pastWed Nov 26 2014 - 05:20
Love/Hate, fantasy/disgust: Telling the grim truth about prostitutionOpinion: ‘Liberals might need to put clear, blue water between ourselves, libertarians and laissez-faire monetarism; where we need to question out loud the notion that everything “freely chosen” can be commodified’Wed Nov 19 2014 - 12:01
What do Gerry Adams, Joe Kernen and Russell Brand have in common?Opinion: No shame in not knowing the answer - the shame is in not admitting itWed Nov 12 2014 - 00:00
Minister with a mission to deliverPractical, tireless, sharp and fast-moving, Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald is showing she has a flair for the feasibleSat Nov 01 2014 - 01:00
Ebola: how faith, hope and science play their partOpinion: When Nina Pham mentioned God, the keyboard warriors bestirred themselves just long enough to read the prayer headlineWed Oct 29 2014 - 12:01
Des O’Malley: ‘I didn’t have a thick enough skin’After more than 10 years of writing, former Progressive Democrats leader Des O’Malley has published his autobiography. Few escape the ‘unpleasantness’ it dredges up, from the ‘self-indulgent’ Charlie McCreevy and ‘impetuous’ Michael McDowell to the ‘pointless’ Seanad – and even O’Malley himselfSat Oct 25 2014 - 01:00
Can Oscar Pistorius reinvent himself after his prison term? Will the public let him?Opinion: In 10 months’ time, he will be 28, probably fit enough and gritty enough to resume competitive runningWed Oct 22 2014 - 12:01
Amy Chua: Mother superiorChildren need inner strength to survive in a tough world, says‘Tiger Mother’ authorSat Oct 18 2014 - 01:00
How Irish people want to dieIreland supposedly ‘does death well’. But a new survey suggests that it’s a modern taboo – and that end-of-life care in this country is far from perfectSat Oct 18 2014 - 01:00
Has Roy Keane become an avatar for an angry, impotent, confused electorate?Opinion: Keane and Ferguson claim attention as water protests growWed Oct 15 2014 - 14:01
Tony O’Reilly’s Co Kildare home goes on market for €30mSale of Co Kildare property follows €22m court judgementThu Oct 09 2014 - 08:22
