Fianna Fáil at 100 is a white man’s party with a woman problem
No party can claim to have ‘something for everyone’ when it has a woman problem like Fianna Fáil’s
Ireland’s squeezed-out middle has had enough
Tectonic plates of national influence have shifted and those who once took theirs for granted are struggling to find their footing
Penalising a widow for taking her late husband off the insurance is pretty callous
Insurance firms’ rules are nonsensical enough to drive you round the bend, although you’ll find that consequence is not covered by your policy
Why is Ireland boycotting the Eurovision but not the Nations League?
Some people claim boycotts make no difference. No one will even notice Ireland’s absence from the Eurovision, they say. Well, the people of Ireland will notice
Dublin Airport will reach breaking point. It’s time to revisit the case for Baldonnel
Lifting the Dublin Airport passenger cap and buying up homes of residents disturbed by noise only goes so far. We need a second airport
Melania Trump is the ultimate Stepford wife: silent, unseeing and uncaring
Melania, a documentary for which the nominal first lady was paid an obscene sum of €23.7m, demolishes any hope that under that big hat is a head swilling with profound thoughts
Sympathy for politicians Michael Cahill and Colm Keaveney is misplaced
Leinster House sets the laws on driving, but it needs to set the example too
Donald Trump is right about two things
Time has come to throw out that old rule book. The Gordian knot must be cut
Ireland basks in Hamnet’s success and celebrates Jessie Buckley. It should feel shame
Separating refugee parents and their children betrays the family values of the film and of our constitution
Going to Trump’s Doonbeg? You should be ashamed of yourself
Trump’s erogenous zone is in his pocket. Let’s hit him where it hurts
Who decides what the common good is in Ireland? The uncommonly privileged, that’s who
For most people, reality is a constant battle, but our masters of the universe are seldom spotted entertaining everyday hassles
Bike sheds, Molly Malone and ghost buses: the things we talked about in 2025
Future generations will be shaped by a vocabulary of learnings and vacation - and some notions that are resolutely Irish
It is right to be careful about our language after Bondi. But we can’t fall silent on Gaza
Jewish people are not the State of Israel, no more than Irish people were the IRA. Equally, the people of Gaza are not Hamas. But hatred has no respect for logic
The seldom-seen Dee Forbes continues to influence RTÉ
Tumbleweed on a John Wayne scale is set to fall over Montrose
If we’re going to start renaming everything, we should dename Ireland
I mean, who wants to live in a country called Anger Land?