Donald Trump is mad, bad and dangerous. Only the midterms can save the US now
One Congress member is even apparently tabling a Bill to allow the US president to serve a third term
If Putin was wrong to invade Ukraine, Trump is wrong to invade Iran
Trump called for demonstrations against the regime and promised demonstrators support from the US. They demonstrated; they died in their thousands
Curling and dead drummers leave me cold
Media have become obsessed with personality and trivia. Quality journalism needs input, analysis and judgment
An independent Irish State was never a foregone conclusion. Nor is a united Ireland now
Courage and statesmanship brought about an Irish state. Those qualities will be needed again if the North is to vote for unity
Ireland has a lot of skin in the game of international politics
What might a prime minister Nigel Farage say or do in relation to Northern Ireland?
Irish people fail to understand how fragile our electricity supply is
We have ruled out nuclear and gas exploration, and stalled on wind energy. Our dependence on gas energy will continue until 2050 at the earliest
Do we have to watch this chainsaw-massacre political horror movie to its end?
Border forces have been deployed in the American heartlands – masked, camouflaged and bristling with firearms
The worse Trump behaves, the more room there is for optimism
Are the scales of Maga delusion finally falling from the eyes of Trump voters?
The ground is increasingly fertile for an Irish Maga
The emergence of a hard right in Irish politics was apparent during the run-up to last year’s presidential election
It’s worth asking again why Sinn Féin sent a delegation to Maduro’s inauguration
Is the ugliness of the Trump regime in Washington mirrored in Sinn Féin’s ambitions for a hard-left Chavista socialist republic in Ireland?
Is the Wood Quay monstrosity finally going to be demolished?
Could a magic wand finally reverse this gross example of urban vandalism, or will the Green lobby and preservationists intervene?
Should the super rich get to opt out of paying taxes in the country that enriched them?
He has his critics, but unlike many others among Ireland’s immensely wealthy, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary has always intended to remain tax resident here
Trump’s disturbing National Security Strategy should be required reading
‘Establishing and expanding’ access in strategically important locations in the hemisphere is a declared aim
Trump isn’t a peace maker, he’s a piece taker
Russia wants a piece of Ukraine. America wants Greenland and the Panama Canal. Israel wants to a piece of Gaza, and so on