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Kathy Sheridan: Christmas Day is the Hadron Collider of family relationships

Kathy Sheridan: Christmas Day is the Hadron Collider of family relationships

Everyone deserves a few days free of anger, home truths, sniping and whataboutery

Wed Dec 20 2017 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: City of Culture farce pretty much sums up Brexit

Kathy Sheridan: City of Culture farce pretty much sums up Brexit

Blustering have-your-cake-and-eat-it Brexit brigade blunders on regardless

Wed Dec 13 2017 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Finns show Ireland what small country can be

Kathy Sheridan: Finns show Ireland what small country can be

State aged 100 near top of world rankings for education, innovation and quality of life

Wed Dec 06 2017 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Why is British public so ignorant on Brexit?

Kathy Sheridan: Why is British public so ignorant on Brexit?

Infantile ideas like Ireland should pay for Border part of UK cultivating obtuseness

Wed Nov 29 2017 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Plenty of regret, sorrow and surprise but no shame

Kathy Sheridan: Plenty of regret, sorrow and surprise but no shame

Common thread of responses to recent revelations is to attempt to minimise them

Wed Nov 22 2017 - 01:00
The ex-hunger striker making fashion items from a H-Block blanket

The ex-hunger striker making fashion items from a H-Block blanket

Laurence McKeown is using a blanket from the Maze to make a different kind of statement

Sat Nov 18 2017 - 06:00
Kathy Sheridan: Is a tweeting Taoiseach a good or a bad thing?

Kathy Sheridan: Is a tweeting Taoiseach a good or a bad thing?

Varadkar’s shared Twitter photo with a llama could be media savvy or just a bit childish

Wed Nov 15 2017 - 01:00
Bullying and sexual harassment deal different toxic punches

Bullying and sexual harassment deal different toxic punches

Kathy Sheridan: It is vital to distinguish targeting a gender from brutal abuse of power

Wed Nov 08 2017 - 01:00
Dangers of Twitter storms highlighted by Weinstein fallout

Dangers of Twitter storms highlighted by Weinstein fallout

Social media users who dislike the law should campaign to have it changed

Wed Nov 01 2017 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Terry Leyden remarks show up poor debate

Kathy Sheridan: Terry Leyden remarks show up poor debate

Comments by politicians with no scientific basis must be exposed in public as fake

Wed Oct 25 2017 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: The man slipped his hand under my top #MeToo

Kathy Sheridan: The man slipped his hand under my top #MeToo

Weinstein scandal could be a watershed moment in the fight against sexual harassment

Sat Oct 21 2017 - 06:00
Kathy Sheridan: Beware the backlash to the Weinstein scandal

Kathy Sheridan: Beware the backlash to the Weinstein scandal

As usual, the focus is already shifting from the accused to the behaviour of his accusers

Wed Oct 18 2017 - 07:42
Roddy Doyle: ‘The work I’ve done? If I wasn’t me, I’d be impressed’

Roddy Doyle: ‘The work I’ve done? If I wasn’t me, I’d be impressed’

The Dubliner on the savagery of school, how being famous is easy in Ireland, and getting older

Sat Aug 26 2017 - 06:15
Why did Diana’s death cast a pall on so many people?

Why did Diana’s death cast a pall on so many people?

Twenty years on from Diana’s paparazzi- hounded passing, Kathy Sheridan looks behind the myth

Sat Aug 26 2017 - 06:00
Kathy Sheridan: Trump is the biggest snowflake of them all

Kathy Sheridan: Trump is the biggest snowflake of them all

Yiannopoulos, Scaramucci and now the US president have all got in touch with their feelings

Wed Aug 09 2017 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Kevin Myers’s fall is a long time coming

Kathy Sheridan: Kevin Myers’s fall is a long time coming

The writer has been spewing evidence-free bile about women for decades

Wed Aug 02 2017 - 01:00
Why is it always men that win the media’s ‘talent’ contest?

Why is it always men that win the media’s ‘talent’ contest?

The issue of gender pay equality comes down to fairness and fundamental social values

Wed Jul 26 2017 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: ‘Elderly’ is just a word – sometimes the wrong one

Kathy Sheridan: ‘Elderly’ is just a word – sometimes the wrong one

If age is only a number, when is it okay to use that culturally loaded term ‘old’?

Wed Jun 28 2017 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: May and Corbyn two sides of the same coin

Kathy Sheridan: May and Corbyn two sides of the same coin

Labour leader may have handled the Grenfell disaster better but he is flawed too

Wed Jun 21 2017 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: May should apologise to the people of Britain

Kathy Sheridan: May should apologise to the people of Britain

Prime minster has shown contempt for the 48 per cent who voted Remain

Wed Jun 14 2017 - 05:00
Eurovision tells us  everything about the state of Europe

Eurovision tells us everything about the state of Europe

Irish hubris, Portuguese charm and British arrogance were all in the contest’s limelight

Wed May 17 2017 - 07:31
Kathy Sheridan: Have we have reached peak political spouse?

Kathy Sheridan: Have we have reached peak political spouse?

From Karen Pence to Philip May, the relevance of political partners is at a low

Wed May 10 2017 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: You might not like her, but Jackie Lavin has a point about  banks

Kathy Sheridan: You might not like her, but Jackie Lavin has a point about banks

She claims Bill Cullen’s business and thousands of others could have been saved

Wed May 03 2017 - 05:00
Jackie Lavin interview:  ‘You’d swear it was Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie crap’

Jackie Lavin interview: ‘You’d swear it was Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie crap’

Says coverage of her court action against Bill Cullen over house in Kerry is missing the point

Sat Apr 29 2017 - 05:00
‘It’s likely to be painful’: Madeleine McCann’s 10th anniversary

‘It’s likely to be painful’: Madeleine McCann’s 10th anniversary

A decade of reporting without ‘conscience’ has persecuted the missing child’s parents

Sat Apr 29 2017 - 05:00
Sheryl Sandberg: 'I don't know anyone who has been handed only roses'

Sheryl Sandberg: 'I don't know anyone who has been handed only roses'

Facebook's Sandberg on coping with the sudden death of her husband Dave Goldberg and why she wrote her new book 'Option B'

Fri Apr 28 2017 - 06:00
British media backing Le Pen view  of Europe through Brexit prism

British media backing Le Pen view of Europe through Brexit prism

Kathy Sheridan: Support for hard-right candidate a sign of media desperation

Wed Apr 26 2017 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Time to look at link between extremism and sexual violence

Kathy Sheridan: Time to look at link between extremism and sexual violence

Many who kill in the name of religion have a history of assault on wives and partners

Sun Apr 23 2017 - 19:07
Kathy Sheridan: Problem with ending Good Friday  ban is ... alcohol

Kathy Sheridan: Problem with ending Good Friday ban is ... alcohol

When we dump traditions we should at least be clear about our reasons for doing so

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:39
Kathy Sheridan: Brexit and Trump promises were just lies

Kathy Sheridan: Brexit and Trump promises were just lies

Trump and Brexit supporters seem unconcerned by breaches of trust with electorate

Wed Apr 05 2017 - 05:00
Two tribes: The invisible barriers that still divide Belfast

Two tribes: The invisible barriers that still divide Belfast

The city’s story is encapsulated in a short walk from the centre along the Ormeau Road

Sat Apr 01 2017 - 06:00
Kathy Sheridan: The weaponisation of shame

Kathy Sheridan: The weaponisation of shame

Shame has long been used to control women in Ireland so why won’t it work on Trump?

Wed Mar 22 2017 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Another day, another Brexit lie exposed

Kathy Sheridan: Another day, another Brexit lie exposed

The UK has been sold down the river in a proxy war between Tory public schoolboys

Wed Mar 15 2017 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Tuam baby burials suggest an insidious agenda

Kathy Sheridan: Tuam baby burials suggest an insidious agenda

Scandal disproves defence that the Catholic Church did wrong but was trying to do good

Wed Mar 08 2017 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Rational compassion beats empathy

Kathy Sheridan: Rational compassion beats empathy

In the social media world the heart always wins over the head – but it shouldn’t

Wed Mar 01 2017 - 01:00
Neil Jordan: ‘Apparently I have a  terrifying temper’

Neil Jordan: ‘Apparently I have a terrifying temper’

The not-grumpy-at-all director on being nominated for a best picture Oscar for ‘The Crying Game’ and how a serious injury led him to writing his new novel, ‘Carnivalesque’

Sat Feb 25 2017 - 06:00
Kathy Sheridan: Fine Gael not the only ones to engage in inept political heaves

Kathy Sheridan: Fine Gael not the only ones to engage in inept political heaves

‘Perhaps the mere talk of generational change has the handy side-effect of deleting the past’

Wed Feb 22 2017 - 06:00
Inside Ireland’s boarding school for seven-year-olds

Inside Ireland’s boarding school for seven-year-olds

Film shines light on trials and joys of pupils and teachers at unique Headfort school

Sat Feb 18 2017 - 06:15
Kathy Sheridan: Prostitution is not a happy career choice

Kathy Sheridan: Prostitution is not a happy career choice

Criminalising the purchase but not the sale of sex does not make the industry legitimate

Wed Feb 15 2017 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Stephen Donnelly banking on electoral amnesia

Kathy Sheridan: Stephen Donnelly banking on electoral amnesia

After six years of potshots at Fianna Fáil, we must now witness the unmasking of a crush

Wed Feb 08 2017 - 05:00
Gail’s story: ‘I wasn’t alone in helping Bernadette to shut down her life’

Gail’s story: ‘I wasn’t alone in helping Bernadette to shut down her life’

Gail O’Rorke, acquitted of assisting in the suicide of Bernadette Forde, tells of the ‘nightmare’ that followed her friend’s death

Sat Feb 04 2017 - 06:00
Kathy Sheridan: Donald Trump brings out the best in women

Kathy Sheridan: Donald Trump brings out the best in women

Women’s March proved the need to keep protesting the US’s evolving horror show

Wed Jan 25 2017 - 08:28
Kathy Sheridan: Wobbly anthems, wobbly heels and talk of ‘teary’ Trump

Kathy Sheridan: Wobbly anthems, wobbly heels and talk of ‘teary’ Trump

TV coverage provided it all: Melania’s heels, all-white daughters and a question for Hillary

Fri Jan 20 2017 - 21:10
Trump to lead the most unethical administration of modern times

Trump to lead the most unethical administration of modern times

In 2009, the air in Washington DC was filled with joy - Friday will be different

Fri Jan 20 2017 - 07:05
Kathy Sheridan: Media wakes up to the danger of Trump tactics

Kathy Sheridan: Media wakes up to the danger of Trump tactics

US president-elect has had thousands of hours of airtime for his flights of ignorance

Wed Jan 18 2017 - 13:53
Kathy Sheridan: Trolley crisis has to be kept in perspective

Kathy Sheridan: Trolley crisis has to be kept in perspective

Some once-notorious hospitals have battered the problem into some degree of submission

Wed Jan 11 2017 - 14:52
Kathy Sheridan: Beware the seductive simplicity of Apollo House

Kathy Sheridan: Beware the seductive simplicity of Apollo House

Helping homeless people is expensive, time consuming and requires real commitment

Wed Dec 21 2016 - 06:40
Gillian Bowler: ‘The first successful business woman many of us actually noticed’

Gillian Bowler: ‘The first successful business woman many of us actually noticed’

Tough and driven, the travel entrepreneur disrupted the entire Irish industry

Thu Dec 15 2016 - 20:18
Kathy Sheridan: Sexual abuse in English football part of pattern

Kathy Sheridan: Sexual abuse in English football part of pattern

How much have we learned about abuse, silence, societal indulgence and power?

Wed Dec 14 2016 - 04:00
Kathy Sheridan: the women of Austria may have  saved Europe

Kathy Sheridan: the women of Austria may have saved Europe

Some 62% of female voters opted for Van der Bellen (72) who is backed by Green Party

Wed Dec 07 2016 - 04:00
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