Una Mullally

This nation is known as the data centre capital of the world - unfortunately, we are not the energy infrastructure capital too

Kilfenora Corner: A group wishes to purchase and reopen Linnane’s Pub as a community space with a focus on safeguarding musical tradition

Whatever can be done to end Israel’s daily massacres and strategic starvation of Palestinians has to happen

We need to amplify Irish artists on Irish radio – not from a position of territorialism or nationalism, but from one of support and pride

There is something rotten about leveraging an expression of long-standing culture and tradition to deliver a contemporary declaration of racist hate

Underserved and under-resourced parts of the capital are not development opportunities – they’re living, vibrant communities

He managed to motivate tens of thousands of canvassers to knock on more than a million doors

Ireland is the joint-fourth highest consumer of cocaine globally, and it’s primarily a youth problem

Artists and fans are protesting against events being gobbled up by private equity firms

When protesting is policed, but the legitimate reasons for protest are not, then people lose trust

I miss the optimism and unforgettable beauty of that time, whatever ugliness came before or after

The Minister of State displays an alarming lack of knowledge of part of his brief

In March of this year, slightly fewer than 39,000 people normally resident in Ireland travelled to the US, a drop of 27 per cent compared with March 2024

Where LGBTQ+ rights are bolstered, so too are women’s rights, and where they collapse, so too does authentic feminism

Support for Sinn Féin is rising because people were genuinely irritated by the speaking rights chicanery. But while people like the party in Opposition, they still don’t want it in Government

Jack Chambers recently had a pop at those who object to developments for aesthetic reasons - but good design should always be the starting point

Students now face an effective fee increase of €1,000 per annum, a backtrack on Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris’s election promise

Political careers of Tipperary North TD and Verona Murphy should have been over long before either got into this mess

A mindset that enhances sameness and minimises diversity is one that fetishises rigid gender roles

We can’t exonerate ourselves from colonialism and warfare if we ignore sinister forces in our own society

Unfortunately, the lived experience of creatives working in Ireland is often a struggle

Those being pummelled by the cost of rent are living through a form of austerity, their take-home wages and disposable incomes decimated

Social media commentary around the killing of Brian Thompson was almost universal in its lack of empathy

For people who care deeply about the democratic process, low voter turnout figures can be depressing

Hutch’s candidacy candidacy was met with an almost giggling immaturity, as though it was not serious, but sort of “gas”

Election 2024: In the final week of the campaign, plenty of people still don’t know how they’re going to vote

In the US, data centres will be powered by small modular nuclear reactors to help cope with demands of AI. What is the plan for Ireland?

Trump promises money in your pocket. To supporters in worn-out shoes and old jackets, that mattered. Harris spoke about ‘joy’, but you cannot tell people how to feel

US Election: Often, those who crossover are celebrated more than those who were ever thus. There’s a huge degree of humility required

You can’t deny the lived experience of housing-crisis emigrants, homeless families, renters and adults in their childhood bedrooms

Five months and a lot of fanfare later, we’re back to where we started

If we don’t do something, in Dublin especially, generic international chains and brands will fill the empty spaces

It’s difficult to imagine any other European city allowing the development that has blighted the Liberties

Because the floating vote has been floating for a decade, its direction can shift in an instant. This is why the general election campaign itself will matter so much

The main reason people are homeless in Dublin is not that they left direct provision or arrived from abroad

‘What do we want?’ one man roared. There was no response, an almost comedic vacuum of clarity

It’s not just children and adolescents who are being damaged by digital addiction

Her sentences, when she found the perfect one, possess both weight and lightness

The only position of any ethical merit is to call for the slaughter to end and for justice and consequences for those who presided over this terror

Trump’s extremism and messaging previously had a bristling energy, but a sense of jadedness is creeping in