It’s time the Irish stopped obsessing about being universally loved. Those days are gone
Ireland's age of innocence as a global love object is over
Justine McCarthy columns
Ireland's age of innocence as a global love object is over
The €13bn lying in an escrow fund could help give those hit by the homelessness crisis a way back into society
Sometimes, when a problem is complex and protracted, a simple example of hubristic extravagance can become the emblem of all that is wrong
The Gulf Stream that once bathed our shores in mildness has turned into a giant sunblock that could be bottled and sold
Owning a media lodestar can be the ultimate ego trip as Elon Musk demonstrated with his travesty of an ‘interview’ with Donald Trump
Alliance of green and orange sectarian supremacists in Belfast shows fascism is on the march and is leveraging the new global weapon of mass destruction: gullibility
The Kilkenny woman changed how the legal system deals with sexual offences
Where once the priest was a respected public figure in a crisis, self-appointed supremacists now fill the role
Potential new TDs would need their mental acuity assessed if they were not given pause by hearing about masked protesters outside the Taoiseach’s home
Wisdom, that great compensation for the vanished stamina of youth, seems to have bypassed the US president
Regular reports of disturbing cases show the State has again been failing our most vulnerable children
There should be monuments in all our cities to the women who have helped to civilise this country
Elected representatives are honour-bound to explain their words and actions to their constituents who rely on professional media outlets. The alternative source is the swamp of social media and fake news websites
Imagine anyone calling Margaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel and Indira Gandhi ‘the girls’
Opinion polling is not dark force. But as it becomes more complex, its impacts needs to be examined
We voters need to consider our ambivalence about political standards
Amid all the woes of homelessness, exorbitant rents, asylum seekers consigned to tents and climate damage, this was a moment to relish being Irish
Ireland chooses to be an outlier in Europe by not operating a consultant-led helicopter emergency service that would bring life-saving expertise to the scene of an accident
Even when propaganda is shown to be untrue, Israel’s backers make no apology for having blindingly believed it
When trust dies, anger is its natural successor. Only by regaining the people’s trust can Ireland recover
When those who are supposed to be the watchdogs for the public interest become the guard-dogs at the gates of government, a country’s conversation may be guided by the dog that barks the loudest
Government has terminated a special sick pay scheme for the tiny proportion of staff who have developed long Covid and can no longer work
According to the handbook of regressive extremism, social justice organisations are the devil incarnate, their hooves and horns disguised by angels’ wings
If Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald is serious about being taoiseach after the next election, she will need the support of what purports to be the left
We have been witnessing genocide by Israel for months in Gaza, while western powers have cheered it on
Government handed No campaigners a shovel to more deeply entrench woman inside the home
Two Irish Times columnists argue the merits and demerits of the proposed changes to the Constitution
Minister for Media summed up the hypocrisy when she asked: ‘What was the alternative? To conceal the facts?’
The world’s wars were started by men and are being continued by men. Maybe only women can stop them
Travelling together to John Bruton’s funeral was easy compared with the tightrope they must walk soon
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
France has devised a type of conscious coupling that has proven to be highly popular
Taoiseach must convey Ireland’s message about Gaza publicly, unambiguously and for international consumption
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices