A straight-up depiction of suicide is not ideal street decor, even at Halloween
Fake corpses and dismembered body parts – when did Halloween become so horrible?
When words fail, we still turn to the priest to find them
In some of the loneliest moments of our lives, we trust in the wisdom of a priest, born of years spent attending scenes of human devastation
I have paid my TV licence long after I needed to. But RTÉ is testing my patience
When it comes to RTÉ, we are paying, we are the product and it has the platform to advocate for itself
Like Nikita Hand, Cornell case’s Jane Doe is either uncommonly brave or a sadomasochist
Toxic masculinity is real and we should not be afraid to say so. What needs refreshing is how the term is used
You don’t boycott an Ed Sheeran tour just to look cool with a peace sign. Boycotts hurt
Boycotts are about more than hitting the “like” button on a social media post. Principles cost
An obscene national exercise: Ireland tries to assuage Donald Trump’s toddler volatility
When vengeance and gold are the objectives of the world’s most powerful man, nothing and no one is safe or sacred
They wanted to vaccinate their children. Their partners refused
There may never be a metric for the number of good families thrown into chaos and left broken
We’re not the best or worst, but we could be great if we were as brave as our emigrants
Nothing like Dublin in the drizzle to ignite dreams of moving Down Under or somewhere closer
M9 crash: Grown-ups had a role to play in dangerous actions by children
No parables of good versus evil, or yelps of outrage are going to change those broken lives
How animals behave in a solar eclipse is extraordinary
Wednesday evening will bring millions of people together to gaze in silent awe at a rare celestial phenomenon
Andrew Tate’s jail journal: the surprise comedy hit of the summer
It’s no Wildean Ballad of Reading Gaol, but in its own way it is a notable ode to a very modern unravelling
Kerry’s lesson in grace was the GAA at its most sublime
In contrast to Kerry’s civility in defeat, the legend of the great Lionel Messi will forever be tainted by Argentina’s display of ugly losing
What have Wayne Rooney and Jack Chambers got in common? They both need to cut the crap
The rot starts in tiny ways. Old taboos against public cursing and crude language fall away and soon a leader calls a poor country a ‘shithole’
The ‘rough sex’ defence didn’t work for Lorcan Murphy. He wasn’t the first to try it
Murphy, jailed for murder this week in Budapest, is clearly a dangerous, determined predator, but the kind of violence he used is normalised in mainstream pornography
‘No to ID cards’ mantra is not enough given complexity of human movement
Ireland may still be a “back door to England” but according to official figures, Northern Ireland is now the back door to the Republic