The presidency is not a Rose of Tralee contest for over-35s
The argument that the role of president is devoid of real power is an odd perspective to cling to after 35 consecutive years of radical presidencies
The cost of living in Ireland is nuts. Even nuttier are the reasons supposed to explain it
If you’re not bamboozled by the rising cost of insurance as claims fall, you must be an actuary
For over 30 years, George Gibney has lived as a free man, without having to face a trial
Some of his accusers died before they got a chance to readjust their picture of Gibney from an all-powerful figure to a 77-year-old man facing extradition
What gives Ursula von der Leyen the right to egg Binyamin Netanyahu on with his killing crusades?
Von der Leyen is living proof against the foolish notion that women don’t tolerate warfare
Ireland’s grubby treatment of Covid-19 heroes will cause frontline workers to think twice next time
Nurses who contracted long Covid remain trapped in a post-pandemic freeze frame, battling extreme fatigue, brain fog, weakened immunity, headaches and pain
Humanity might yet prove the species that was too stupid and greedy to save itself
In Ireland, we call it “mé féinism” - but now it’s everywhere. Could people power save us?
Daniel O’Connell lies in a hero’s grave, his wife Mary in an overgrown tomb
Ireland has shown due respect to Daniel O’Connell. But where is the respect for his wife?
Leo Varadkar has more to offer than reality TV shows or doling out PR advice to mega-rich clients
Mary Robinson and Jimmy Carter are exceptions. The political system cultivates the ideology that money is the measure of the man
Gaza’s starving children, their eyes growing bigger as the blockade grinds on, are not fake news
The BBC report carries a warning: 'Distressing content'. What luxury it is to be able to look away
Anyone not coupled up gets the message – no dogs or singletons welcome
Single? You'll pay more on holiday, in the supermarket and for your tax bill
Payment of Denis O’Brien’s legal costs sounds like a bad joke
Sixteen years after landing the licence, O’Brien was found by a State inquiry to have made personal payments and loan facilities worth over €1 million to Michael Lowry
Brace yourself as world’s leaders make holy show of themselves at Pope’s funeral
The men-only club will be out in force. Even Francis ‘the reformer’ could not assail that bastion
Pope Francis put women on a pedestal, where they could do no harm
In many ways, Francis was a good and unpretentious man who eschewed personal pomp. But he did little to advance the position of women in the Catholic Church
A mother rescued from Gaza: ‘I’m happy to be here in Ireland – no violence, no air strikes’
Najwa Alsabbagh, one of 23 Gazans who arrived in Dublin on Friday, is reunited with her daughter after 17 months and an odyssey through five countries
Happy birthday, Mr President. Like Ireland, you’re not perfect but you broke the mould
Had AI been asked to choose the ideal candidate for the Park, the Bull McCabe would have stood a better chance than an ex-Hot Press columnist with hippy ideas and bloated vowels