Movement urging real equality has to start nowThe social disruption and public anger in Greece over cutbacks are more healthy than the general apathy hereWed Apr 07 2010 - 01:00
No political home for advocates of a just societyLabour and SF seek power in coalition with Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael, neither of which has a real interest in equalityWed Mar 10 2010 - 00:00
Blanket guarantees for banks one of two big mistakesOn a personal level it is to be hoped the Minister recovers quickly; it is also an important public matter that he doesWed Dec 30 2009 - 00:00
Don't expect Vatican to deal with abuse issueIt’s a bit much now to believe the Vatican is genuinely shocked by the revelations of abuse and cover-up.Wed Dec 16 2009 - 00:00
Delusional Greens feed on Fianna Fáil scrapsTHE GREEN Party is different. It does not try to fool the electorate, as other parties do. It fools itselfWed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
Banking on vulnerable people to pay for crisisTOM O’CONNELL, an assistant director general of the Central Bank, is probably a fine fellow and probably never misspent a cent…Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Garret has got it wrong: Nama must be opposedThe idea that we, the Irish people, should tolerate the lunacy of Nama ‘in the national interest’ is badly flawedWed Sept 02 2009 - 01:00
Minister disregards principle of equalityRather than sharing our wealth, the Government is intent on taking from those who have leastWed Jul 15 2009 - 01:00
What price involving people in decisions?OPINION : Nothing radical is being proposed but at least a debate is beginning on our political systemWed Jun 24 2009 - 01:00
Government softening us up to tax the lower paidOPINION: Revenue data shows the notion that top earners are hard pressed by income tax is ludicrousWed Mar 18 2009 - 00:00
Reshaping the world in their own self-interest‘World leaders’ meeting at an economic forum have a lot on their mind – their own interests, writes VIncent Browne.Wed Jan 28 2009 - 00:00
Few 'believers' pay attention to the story of JesusThe story of Jesus is believed by between a quarter and a third of the world's population, writes Vincent Browne.Wed Dec 24 2008 - 00:00
Hardiman's criticisms of media are well foundedOPINION: TWELVE DAYS ago, at a Law Society gathering, Adrian Hardiman of the Supreme Court addressed the issues of distortion…Wed Dec 03 2008 - 00:00
'Pragmatic' politicians are no less ideologicalOur leaders justify social inequality on the basis of there being no alternative systemWed Nov 26 2008 - 00:00
Tolerant, humorous, intelligent: Obama is differentBarack Obama's memoir ''Dreams from My Father'' is an extraordinary, moving work of literature, writes Vincent BrowneWed Nov 05 2008 - 00:00
Wasted wealth a scandal worse than any at tribunalsWe couldn't redistribute wealth when we had it, and now the poor will again have to suffer from spending cuts, writes Vincent…Wed Sept 17 2008 - 01:00
Appalling incidence of sexual abuse virtually ignoredOUR CAPACITY to find controversy on side issues tangential to substantive problems is unboundedWed Apr 23 2008 - 01:00
Harney caught up in an absurdity not of her makingIN MANY ways Mary Harney deserves what is coming to her over the appalling mess of the health service.Wed Mar 12 2008 - 00:00
Why being poor can kill youPerhaps the most salient feature of modern Ireland is entirely and wilfully ignored by the political class and by the media.Wed Feb 20 2008 - 00:00
Losing our heads over crime statsThe annual hype fest has taken place in the last few weeks with the publication of the annual crime statisticsWed Feb 06 2008 - 00:00
Bertie protests too muchBertie Ahern said at the weekend in relation to the inquiries of the planning tribunal into his financial affairs: "Questioning…Wed Jan 09 2008 - 00:00
Did Bertie list cash in affidavit?The new year opens with the same agenda as the old year ended: Bertie's financesWed Jan 02 2008 - 00:00
Julia Kushnir case issuesThe Julia Kushnir libel settlement tells us nothing at all about our libel laws but quite a bit about the newspapers suedWed Nov 14 2007 - 00:00
A deaf ear to quarry concernsResidents of Fettercairn in Tallaght, one of the most disadvantaged areas in the country, have complained that on many days there…Wed Oct 17 2007 - 01:00
Bishops' reasoning is flawedOn Sunday last the Irish Catholic bishops issued a statement on abortion which at least some of them must have known was disingenuous…Wed Oct 10 2007 - 01:00
Public squalor in the capitalFettercairn, a housing estate in west Tallaght, was built in the early 1980s by Dublin CorporationWed Oct 03 2007 - 01:00
Serious side to cash carouselCelia Larkin relied on the recollection of Bertie Ahern for her account of being driven to AIB on O'Connell Street in Dublin …Wed Sept 26 2007 - 01:00
Has Bertie passed his sell-by date?There was a brief telephone exchange between Bertie Ahern and me during the course of the general election campaign which, in…Wed Jul 11 2007 - 01:00
Reasons Muslims are angryThe clamour over the three "terrorist" incidents in Britain over the last few days speaks of manipulated hysteria, Islamophobia…Wed Jul 04 2007 - 01:00
Campaigns matter, not coalitionsPolitics is not about office, it is about building support for campaignsWed Jun 20 2007 - 01:00
Big boys will still call the shotsIt hardly makes a single bit of difference to what will happen in this country over the next five years whether the Green Party…Wed Jun 13 2007 - 01:00
Greens will have office, not powerTwo ideas have taken hold here over the last week or so which, in my opinion, are profoundly mistaken - mistaken in a way that…Wed Jun 06 2007 - 01:00
McDowell uniquely opportunistThere is a uniquely cynical opportunism to Michael McDowellWed May 09 2007 - 01:00
Abortion debate resurfacesThe election was supposed to be about stamp duty, trolleys and trafficWed May 02 2007 - 01:00
Tribunal suppressed evidenceAstonishing revelations are contained in the judgment of Adrian Hardiman of the Supreme Court in the appeal on judicial review…Wed Apr 04 2007 - 01:00
Paisley's uneasy new perchIn November 1688, the walled city of Derry was the only garrison in Ireland in support of William of OrangeWed Mar 14 2007 - 00:00
Questions but few answersOn Questions and Answers on Monday week last (January 8th) Pat Rabbitte did gyrations to avoid answering a straight question …Wed Jan 17 2007 - 00:00
Paisley cowed by hardlinersOn mid-morning of the day internment was introduced in Northern Ireland, August 9th, 1971, the E-type Jaguar of Desmond Boal …Wed Jan 10 2007 - 00:00
Silly phrase in Moriarty reportThere was just one piece of rhetorical bombast in the Moriarty tribunal report that, so far, I have come across, and it is on…Wed Dec 27 2006 - 00:00
'Mirror' judgment court's disasterThe Irish Daily Mirror had it coming in the way it reported the absurd story of alleged corruption concerning Denis O'Brien in…Wed Nov 29 2006 - 00:00
Property boom really irrelevantThe David McWilliams RTÉ television series, In Search of the Pope's Children , is a breathless, absorbing, but ultimately distorting…Wed Nov 15 2006 - 00:00
Elections bring hope to CongoThere is a slight chance that democracy may work in one of the most violent, chaotic, fractured countries of the world, the Democratic…Wed Nov 01 2006 - 00:00
No enigma in Bertie poll resultsThe editorial in The Irish Times of last Friday was wrongWed Oct 18 2006 - 01:00
Bertie not out of the woods yetBertie Ahern has survived yet another Dáil inquisition, adroitly mangling the English language to further confuse key issues. …Wed Oct 04 2006 - 01:00
Making sense of the timesIf, in a thousand years' time, someone comes across a copy of yesterday's Irish Times, they will get a sense of what Ireland …Wed Aug 23 2006 - 01:00
A cheap shot by Fine Gael in its sop to the rightThe National Rifle Association (NRA) of America would be pleased with Fine GaelWed Aug 09 2006 - 01:00
Denial at the heart of outrageThere is a denial at the heart of most debate and commentary on the Middle East conflict, as though speaking the truth may leave…Wed Aug 02 2006 - 01:00
Holidays reveal scale of apathyFor at least 30 years there have been complaints about politicians taking three months off over the summer, abandoning the role…Wed Jul 12 2006 - 01:00
The EU is engine of inequalityEurope Day was commemorated with the now familiar gusto by the cheerleaders of the EU projectWed May 10 2006 - 01:00
