Biden’s legacy will be tarnished by his vanity and stubbornness
The outgoing US president will also be remembered for disastrous foreign policy choices, including his refusal to curb the excesses of Israel
Forget pandering to Independent TDs, these are the issues the new government needs to deal with
The consequences of business as usual are ever more frightening, particularly in relation to climate change
Sobering reality for Sinn Féin is that many voters don’t share its focus on unity
As united Ireland advocates discovered in 1925, possible routes to the desired outcome need to be understood in language and methods that are clear and precise
It’s time Dublin had a statue to unconventional, complex Maud Gonne MacBride
Attitudes to her have been reductive, shaped by the mores of the time and her failed marriage
During this hard men era, Ireland would do well to remember Seán MacBride’s words
MacBride asked ‘if those vested with authority and power practice injustice, resort to torture and killing, is it not inevitable that those who are victims will react with similar methods?’
Do not, on any account, forget the importance of the perfect Christmas hairstyling
How to achieve the perfect Christmas tree, the perfect table setting, the perfect family time: don’t bother trying. Reject perfection is all its greedy, grabbing guises
Is it time for Opposition parties to come together under the banner ‘Put them out’?
Given today’s political landscape, the current Opposition might well profit from looking closely at what happened in 1948
Diarmaid Ferriter: Greens deemed irrelevant in shallow campaigns with magic money and social media stunts
Weeks of magic money, fantasy manifestos and hand-shaking marathons have come to this
Cillian Murphy’s view of Ireland in the 1980s as ‘the dark ages’ misses the point
Small Things Like These raises a wider question about the communication of our history as one giant, black cloud occasionally interrupted by a lone, bright star
Contrast between Trump’s cruelty and McCain’s dignity shows how far America has fallen
The absence of an appetite to calm tensions after the storm is the most worrying thing about the American election campaign
Few would have thought a play about the fraught Belfast Agreement talks could be so gripping
The message that “contradiction is better than violence” is more relevant and urgent than ever
Sinn Féin’s difficulties should not make Fine Gael complacent
Neither party can afford to build a campaign entirely around their leader. And both need to overcome a weakness for mixed messages
The curtain is coming down on Ireland’s soft power in the US
Whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins the presidency in November, Ireland will not be much of a priority
The electoral cycle decides the budget, while the fiscal advisory council is ignored
The memory of economic crises is not strong enough to withstand the primacy of elections
Instead of gushing over Joe Biden, Simon Harris should denounce US funding of Israel
It would be ahistorical to suggest that this arrangement has been without tensions. But the money kept flowing