Alan Shatter was architect of his own downfallOpinion: As a minister, he squandered political capital on needless spatsSat May 10 2014 - 00:01
Mary Lou McDonald’s credibility seeps away as she defends Gerry AdamsOpinion: Sinn Féin has deployed a very astute candidate strategy for the European electionSat May 03 2014 - 00:01
Why the Minister for Education should stay at homeOpinion: Teaching is the real loser in conference spat between Minister and teachersSat Apr 26 2014 - 00:01
Coalition clashes breaking out in publicOpinion: Labour talks up divisions while Fine Gael plays them downSat Apr 19 2014 - 00:01
Why we need binding quotas for female election candidatesOpinion: Power’s article amounted to a scathing rebuke of her own partySat Apr 12 2014 - 00:01
Tough questions over Garda commissioner’s resignation remainOpinion: A lost opportunity for Oireachtas justice committeeSat Apr 05 2014 - 06:00
A shambles in government political communicationsOpinion: Are department and the Cabinet support systems able to deal with a crisis?Sat Mar 29 2014 - 00:01
Elections will test Fianna Fáil recovery prospectsOpinion: Ardfheis aims to maximise campaign exposureSat Mar 22 2014 - 12:49
Dáil chamber still unattended, and largely irrelevantOpinion: Ministers and opposition read prepared scripts and rarely engageSun Mar 09 2014 - 00:01
Crux of problem in North is a society on the run from its past for too longOpinion: IRA claims it was fighting a war but only wants the crimes of the other side to be pursuedSun Mar 02 2014 - 00:01
Rural post offices must not go the same way as Garda stationsOpinion: Range of services provided by local offices has grown exponentiallySun Feb 23 2014 - 00:01
GSOC’s handling of affair reveals impaired judgmentOpinion: We should have been told about all of this months agoSat Feb 15 2014 - 00:01
Objections to a wider franchise for the Seanad based on fallaciesOpinion: The Constitution is clear that the Dáil will remain the dominant HouseSat Feb 08 2014 - 00:01
Dublin seat shaping up to be the one to watch in the European electionsOpinion: Name recognition or the lack of it could be a key factor in a tight contestSat Feb 01 2014 - 00:01
Readiness to hurl the word ‘homophobe’ may not help the liberal reform agendaOpinion: Many liberals seem to be unwilling to let counter-arguments to their own get a hearingSat Jan 25 2014 - 00:01
Oireachtas committees are growing into their role but need to sharpen questionsOpinion: Parliamentarians could learn from probing approach of RTÉ’s Sean O’RourkeSun Jan 19 2014 - 00:01
Local elections this year could prove to be a good day out for Sinn FéinOpinion: Independents also likely to do well in many constituenciesSun Jan 12 2014 - 00:00
A number of electoral trials ahead in 2014 but the unknown factor is the economyOpinion: The political challenge for the Government will be to see that the slight increase in optimism is widely sharedSun Jan 05 2014 - 00:01
Breakaway will have lasting consequences for Fine Gael and the party systemOpinion: Kenny was right on the legislation but his decision to flex his muscles in the party was a strange oneSat Dec 28 2013 - 01:01
Kenny and his colleagues are the only ones confused about the Seanad pollOpinion: Taoiseach appears to be only going through the motions of listeningSat Dec 21 2013 - 00:01
Early progress made in the peace process by Reynolds and Major often overlookedOpinion: Downing Street Declaration built on the relationship of trust between the two government leadersSat Dec 14 2013 - 00:01
Mandela’s legacy of reconciliation is one to be cherished and handed downOpinion: Far from venting a justified rage, he set an example of forgiveness for his nation and the worldSat Dec 07 2013 - 00:01
Government parties showing a steely determination to punish their enemiesOpinion: Timing of publication of HSE report on top-ups suggests attempt to deflect attention from further cutsSat Nov 30 2013 - 00:01
Larkin has opened door to debate on legacy of TroublesOpinion: There has been much talk about the need to deal with the past, but not much has been doneSun Nov 24 2013 - 00:01
Freedom of Information Bill suggests we are still stuck with old-world attitudesOpinion: Minister was right to respond to objections to proposed fees amendmentSat Nov 16 2013 - 00:01
Sinn Féin’s problem is not so much with the past as with the truthOpinion: A generation with no memory of the Troubles must be told what the IRA didSun Nov 10 2013 - 00:01
There is an element of hype in Enda Kenny’s presentation of the bailout exitOpinion: Our economic sovereignty remains limited as a result of European changesSun Nov 03 2013 - 00:00
Surveillance threatens vital arteries of communication in the body politicOpinion: Personal electronic devices are now central to politicians’ ability to be informedSun Oct 27 2013 - 00:01
Innovative Noonan draws attention to plight of the long-term joblessThe Minister for Finance’s post-budget address to the the Global Tax Policy Conference in Dublin was a tour de forceSun Oct 20 2013 - 00:00
Method of choosing Ombudsman a perfect illustration of overconcentration of powerOpinion: A more assertive approach by TDs and Senators would benefit the political systemSun Oct 13 2013 - 00:01
Labour to take flak for austerity while Fine Gael aims for overall majorityOpinion: It is an iron rule that the smaller party always loses out in a coalitionSun Oct 06 2013 - 00:01
We need to study the impact of emigration on those who are being left behindOpinion: those who go have no political influence but those who stay doSat Sept 28 2013 - 00:01
‘Cynically framed, cynically timed, and cynically executed’Enda Kenny launched ‘personal initiative’, but now refuses to debate itSat Sept 21 2013 - 01:55
There is little possibility of a wave of repossessions taking place in IrelandOpinion: Tackling the personal debt crisis must be a political prioritySun Sept 08 2013 - 00:01
European and local elections will present opportunity to test Fianna Fáil recoveryOpinion: Results could also impact on the fortunes of some of the party leadersSun Sept 01 2013 - 00:01
Our system of scrutinising EU legislation should be revamped urgentlyOpinion: Minister’s ‘Sir Humphrey’ phrases will not sufficeSat Aug 24 2013 - 00:01
Hostility to funeral eulogies reflects an unchristian disregard for need to grieveOpinion: Bishop’s opposition may stem from desire to have monopoly in the utterance of wise wordsSat Aug 17 2013 - 00:01
Grumblings over style of leadership do not constitute a challenge to MartinOpinion: O’Rourke’s notion of a ‘grand coalition’ has little reality in short termSat Aug 10 2013 - 00:05
Appetite for reform of our institutions much in evidence at Glenties summer schoolOmbudsman says executive is over-asserting itself at the expense of parliamentSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
Regulations under European Act can be signed without being examined by OireachtasSenator seeking to recall house to discuss organ donation regimeSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
An unfortunate end to Dáil’s deliberations on the most sensitive of topicsSavita case meant thorny problem could no longer be left asideSun Jul 14 2013 - 00:00
Ireland moving in a different direction on votes of conscienceThose who choose to defy the Fine Gael whip may end up losing their livelihoodsSun Jul 07 2013 - 01:00
Appointment of an independent chair would facilitate an impartial banking investigationGovernment lost referendum vote through its arrogance during the campaignSat Jun 29 2013 - 01:00
Ireland gets attention from US out of all proportion to its sizeCountry’s input into foreign affairs issues now channeled almost entirely through EUSat Jun 22 2013 - 00:00
A facelift for the family farmA collective effort inspired by JFK’s fourth cousin, Patrick Grennan, has ensured that a visitor centre will be opened at the old Kennedy homesteadWed Jun 19 2013 - 01:00
Famous Kennedy speech in New Ross in 1963 was only 300 wordsGrandson and other clan members to travel to Wexford to commemorate eventSat Jun 15 2013 - 00:00
Progress of animal welfare Bill showed benefits of Seanad and bicameral systemChange in Fine Gael policy came from Kenny’s need to refurbish imageSat Jun 08 2013 - 00:01
Boundary revisions will have big impact on local governmentColumn: Apprehensions that small towns will lose out are understandableSat Jun 01 2013 - 01:00
Shatter’s mistake in the Wallace saga was purely politicalColumn: The recoil from the Minister for Justice’s revelation was more severe than any impact on the Independent TDSat May 25 2013 - 02:00
