Gail’s story: ‘I wasn’t alone in helping Bernadette to shut down her life’Gail O’Rorke, acquitted of assisting in the suicide of Bernadette Forde, tells of the ‘nightmare’ that followed her friend’s deathSat Feb 04 2017 - 06:00
Kathy Sheridan: Donald Trump brings out the best in womenWomen’s March proved the need to keep protesting the US’s evolving horror showWed Jan 25 2017 - 08:28
Kathy Sheridan: Wobbly anthems, wobbly heels and talk of ‘teary’ TrumpTV coverage provided it all: Melania’s heels, all-white daughters and a question for HillaryFri Jan 20 2017 - 21:10
Trump to lead the most unethical administration of modern timesIn 2009, the air in Washington DC was filled with joy - Friday will be differentFri Jan 20 2017 - 07:05
Kathy Sheridan: Media wakes up to the danger of Trump tacticsUS president-elect has had thousands of hours of airtime for his flights of ignoranceWed Jan 18 2017 - 13:53
Kathy Sheridan: Trolley crisis has to be kept in perspectiveSome once-notorious hospitals have battered the problem into some degree of submissionWed Jan 11 2017 - 14:52
Kathy Sheridan: Beware the seductive simplicity of Apollo HouseHelping homeless people is expensive, time consuming and requires real commitmentWed Dec 21 2016 - 06:40
Gillian Bowler: ‘The first successful business woman many of us actually noticed’Tough and driven, the travel entrepreneur disrupted the entire Irish industryThu Dec 15 2016 - 20:18
Kathy Sheridan: Sexual abuse in English football part of patternHow much have we learned about abuse, silence, societal indulgence and power?Wed Dec 14 2016 - 04:00
Kathy Sheridan: the women of Austria may have saved EuropeSome 62% of female voters opted for Van der Bellen (72) who is backed by Green PartyWed Dec 07 2016 - 04:00
Kathy Sheridan: Michael D got it wrong on Fidel CastroOur elected leaders should be less effusive about foreign leaders – living or deadWed Nov 30 2016 - 04:00
Kathy Sheridan: The media got it right on Trump, but nobody cares‘Even when winners are caught out in direct lies, there is no shame, and none is expected’Wed Nov 23 2016 - 04:00
Kathy Sheridan: What can liberals learn from the US election?Donald Trump won amid a complete disregard for what he was actually sayingWed Nov 16 2016 - 12:37
Kathy Sheridan: Hillary Clinton email debacle is a far cry from WatergateRecent distortions recall the way an earlier female US presidential candidate was treatedWed Nov 02 2016 - 14:59
Kathy Sheridan: The appalling decline in the quality of public insultsWe all have the right to offend but not a licence to be coarse and vulgarWed Oct 26 2016 - 04:00
John Banville: ‘I have not been a good father. No writer is’Writing is bad for family life, says the Irish author. ‘You take so much. I wouldn’t have been able to live with me’Sat Oct 22 2016 - 06:00
Foley funeral: Family reclaims ‘Axel’ as rugby takes second placeDetermined Olive Foley gives extraordinary 14-minute eulogy recalling ‘true soul mate’Fri Oct 21 2016 - 19:15
Kathy Sheridan: From Great Britain to little EnglandBrexit fallout continues to poison UK politics and bring out worst in peopleWed Oct 19 2016 - 12:15
Survivors of the emotional deep freeze – Maynooth’s class of ‘66 looks backStudents who gave up the seminary 50 years ago recall a suffocating atmosphere that infantilised seminarians, but also some rare acts of kindness and enlightenmentSat Oct 15 2016 - 06:00
Billy Bush and his role in Trump’s grope ’n’ grab ’em showCollusion of ‘decent men’ is a big part of the problemWed Oct 12 2016 - 04:00
Kathy Sheridan: Why Mary Robinson’s ‘eat less meat’ line is tough for farmers to chew on‘Did any of Robinson’s critics reflect on fact she was not addressing a local cumann meeting?’Wed Oct 05 2016 - 12:16
Kathy Sheridan: US networks sell their soul for Trump ratings boostAmerican friends wonder why the media cannot ignore the Republican candidate for a weekWed Sept 21 2016 - 09:13
Jilly Cooper: ‘Everybody was having sex with everybody... it was such a fun time'At 79, and having endured a stroke and the death of her husband, the indomitable Jilly Cooper is about to unleash her latest horsey bonkbusterSat Sept 17 2016 - 06:00
Kathy Sheridan: Reporting of the Hawe killings subject to common decencyNo journalist, decent or sleazy, lazy or meticulous, sets out to exclude a woman victim from a horrific, national news storyWed Sept 14 2016 - 01:09
Marie Heaney: ‘I had a very public grief’Three years after her husband’s death, the writer is ‘beginning to feel like myself again’Sat Sept 10 2016 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Limited terms for politicians sound appealing but would change littleSean Canney picked an easy target by suggesting a two term limit for ministersWed Sept 07 2016 - 01:02
Kathy Sheridan: A lot is going on underneath the burkiniFrench ban on Muslim garment may have been overturned but it touches on host of issuesWed Aug 31 2016 - 08:21
Freedom of speech: Irish Travellers, trolls and Trump‘The surge of racist/xenophobic attacks and comments following Britain’s Brexit referendum demonstrated what happens when people feel they have permission to vent their bigotry’Wed Aug 24 2016 - 00:09
Kathy Sheridan: The people have spoken – straight from the heartAre you proud to be Irish? Do you feel valued and cherished, as envisioned in the 1916 Proclamation? The Census of the Heart asks if we're living up to our promisesFri Aug 19 2016 - 08:00
Kathy Sheridan: Russia’s beef with the Rio rationsDevastation? Crashing out? Olympics win-at-all costs pressure overwhelmingWed Aug 17 2016 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Gentlemen, please put those nipples awayThe tendency to fling the kit off is beginning to look a tad exploitative . . . and not cleverWed Aug 10 2016 - 01:00
Joe O’Toole has few regrets for making waves on Irish WaterResigning as water charge body chairman is ‘rear-view mirror’ for former senatorSat Jul 09 2016 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan : Wallace abortion bill flawed but foot-dragging must stopIn the last four years more than 300 couples have got a catastropic diagnosis and the majority will have made the decision to “travel”Wed Jul 06 2016 - 00:26
Kathy Sheridan: The first casualty in a referendum is the truthThe leave campaigns lies were exposed but no one caredWed Jun 29 2016 - 10:46
This is no Diana moment – Jo Cox forged real bonds across party linesIs there an Irish parliamentarian who would arouse similar affection and admiration?Wed Jun 22 2016 - 00:10
Ex-IRA chief Kieran Conway on life after the struggleNow a solicitor, he defends dissident republicans but regards NI campaign as a wasteMon Jun 20 2016 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Drinking is never an excuse for rapeHowever, we should not be afraid to discuss the fact that alcohol increases vulnerablityWed Jun 15 2016 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Brexit debate tainted by hyper-masculine political rhetoricIt is not paranoid to perceive menace in macho posturing and languageWed Jun 01 2016 - 01:00
Kim Phuc, the napalm girl: 'Love is more powerful than any weapon'44 years on, the 9-year-old Vietnamese child in the horrifying, iconic, unforgettable photograph is now a middle-aged Canadian who long ago decided that forgiveness always triumphs over the power of hateSat May 28 2016 - 06:15
Donegal butcher brothers serve up sausages fit for future king CharlesIt may be a sign of new normality that royal visit attracted crowd of just a few hundredWed May 25 2016 - 21:57
Kathy Sheridan: Let’s hear it for the political U-turnWhy has changing your mind received such a bad rap? Some blame Margaret ThatcherWed May 25 2016 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Meet the new Dáil, same as the old DáilThis is how the brave new project begins - with the customary bellows of faux-outrage and a whimper?Wed May 18 2016 - 00:34
Punchestown: Digging those heels in to enjoy Ladies’ DayA few Best Dressed hopefuls were ready for wintry blast but most had to grin and bear itSat Apr 30 2016 - 01:00
Dutiful Queen Elizabeth turns 90 but A-word tabooDissenters in small minority as Britain gears up for monarch’s real but unofficial birthdayThu Apr 21 2016 - 01:00
Nurses, teachers, gardaí who feel undervalued and underpaidThe ‘emergency’ two-tier pay system is in danger of becoming a post-recession normSat Apr 09 2016 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan runs the rule over maverick medic John CrownSenator and professor has an unassailable zeal for cancer research and health service reformTue Mar 29 2016 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Confrontation once again as Moore Street marks 1916 centenaryRoars of ‘traitor to the people’ accompany Minister’s invitation to children to lay wreathsMon Mar 28 2016 - 20:33
Kathy Sheridan: ‘Terrible beauty’ alive in Glasnevin CemeteryMemorials to those who fought for Éire stand next to those who fought for kingMon Mar 28 2016 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan’s ground-eye view of parade dayThe young, old, brave and bold turn out to celebrate national day on greening of capitalFri Mar 18 2016 - 01:00
More desolation than anger among Tipperary Fine Gael faithfulIn a constituency where Fine Gael suffered, many are resigned to a coalition futureFri Mar 11 2016 - 01:00
