Stephen Collins: Russian hostility should spark analysis of Ireland’s security needsStephen Collins: The sheer hypocrisy of Nato’s Irish critics is stunningFri Feb 25 2022 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Irish politicians are making same old mistake on inflationState handouts to compensate everybody for inflation is akin to pouring petrol on flamesFri Feb 18 2022 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Golfgate verdicts show danger of giving in to mobGovernment needs to develop backbone to block opponents and media baying for bloodFri Feb 11 2022 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Like Haughey, Boris Johnson is a survivorDespite many flaws, British PM may be around far longer than his critics suspectFri Feb 04 2022 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Are you well off and older? Then vote Sinn FéinDespite its appeal to the young, many of its policies benefit older property ownersFri Jan 28 2022 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Centenary events foster a simplistic narrative of independenceWe in the Republic need to remember the past without allowing it to poison the presentFri Jan 21 2022 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: NI protocol may be weaponised again as Boris Johnson clings to powerThe prime minister’s fate now lies in the hands of senior civil servant Sue GrayFri Jan 14 2022 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Brexit and the protocol will haunt Irish politics in 2022Liz Truss, a leading contender to replace Johnson, may well seek confrontationFri Dec 31 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Talk of a united Ireland being inevitable is wishful thinkingMost people in Republic remain blithely indifferent to the British identity of unionistsFri Dec 10 2021 - 01:00
Narrative of failure has become so all pervasive that it is a threat to our futureDeep hostility to acknowledging as a society we have done well in recent decadesFri Dec 03 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Alan Kelly must rein in his anger to make Labour electableVoters tired of Coalition but who do not see Sinn Féin as viable option may look to LabourFri Nov 26 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Social partnership may be key to creating climate consensusAmbitious and worthy carbon targets will not be met without national agreementFri Nov 19 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Johnson steps back from the brink for nowNo knowing what the UK prime minister will do next after his erratic behaviour to dateFri Nov 12 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: The assumption Sinn Féin will lead next government is flawedParty looks likely to win most seats, but government formation is rarely that simpleFri Nov 05 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Will the Greens accept the need for nuclear power in Ireland?Environmentalists must move away from dogmatic stance against nuclear powerFri Oct 29 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Higgins didn’t follow through on McAleese’s message of hopePresident’s decision on partition event has breathed new life into a narrow nationalismFri Oct 22 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Critics of corporate tax strategy like pampered teenagersIt is a foundation stone of Ireland’s rise from one of the poorest countries in EuropeFri Oct 08 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Ireland may find out all too soon what radical change really meansGermans have realised strength of centrist politics as we are on verge of abandoning itFri Oct 01 2021 - 01:00
Mervyn Taylor: Quiet man who made a big noise in party politicsDivorce referendum was probably the high point of Labour minister’s political careerFri Sept 24 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Higgins has put the Government in an invidious positionPrinciple of consent forgotten in furore over President's refusal to attend Armagh serviceFri Sept 24 2021 - 01:00
Labour and Social Democrats are the losers in the Coveney confidence debateStephen Collins: Both parties missed chance to differentiate themselves from Sinn FéinFri Sept 17 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Politicians lose focus obsessing on Zappone sagaWhile political and fiscal problems loom, our elected repesentatives are distractedFri Sept 10 2021 - 01:00
Sinn Féin efforts to legitimise IRA show contempt for democracyStephen Collins: MacDonncha stance on dead gardaí event speaks volumesFri Sept 03 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Irish delusions about our place in the world have taken a hitWe have a seat on the security council but Kabul exit shows we can’t look after our ownFri Aug 27 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Micheál Martin looks safe for the time beingTaoiseach had successful year in office particularly in relation to handling of Covid-19Fri Jul 30 2021 - 01:00
Des O’Malley was defined by his struggle against armed republicanismOn the day of his funeral a reminder of O’Malley’s defence of democratic institutionsFri Jul 23 2021 - 01:00
O’Malley’s influence on Fianna Fáil extended beyond his expulsionOne-time party loyalist and then PD leader obliged FF to shelve ‘core value’: no coalitionThu Jul 22 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Bacik win points to place for Labour in politicsInstead of chasing SF populism, Labour needs to articulate vision for RepublicFri Jul 16 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Dublin Bay South count will tell us a lotVoters cannot transfer to another candidate of the same party, so where will they go?Fri Jul 09 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: SF hypocrisy on housing a challenge to GovernmentTwo-faced Sinn Féin calls for construction while blocking building projectsFri Jul 02 2021 - 10:37
Older generation needs to return favour after sacrifices of young peopleLocking down our society indefinitely to protect the fearful is not an optionFri Jun 25 2021 - 01:00
Timing of Varadkar’s speech on united Ireland is mystifying and recklessAll Tánaiste has done is stoke fears and give Johnson another excuse to break his wordFri Jun 18 2021 - 01:00
British sausage as key ingredient in talks shows how farcical NI protocol row has becomeUK prime minister ready to use every available trick to wriggle out of international dealFri Jun 11 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: What price Irish neutrality in today's world?Polls show majority of voters in favour of closer EU defence and security arrangementsFri Jun 04 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Extending emergency powers too easy for CoalitionSemi-totalitarian powers justified as emergency response have now been normalisedFri May 28 2021 - 01:05
Open discussion of EU matters is vital for confronting EuroscepticismThe Irish public’s support for the EU should not be taken for granted, but reinforcedFri May 21 2021 - 01:00
Varadkar’s days could be numbered if Fine Gael cannot hold onto Dublin Bay South seatHigh stakes for all the major political parties in Fine Gael heartland constituencyFri May 14 2021 - 01:00
McGuinness’s admiration for the queen was striking and unexpectedBritish monarch’s contribution to peace process has been undermined by BrexitFri May 07 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: McElwain tribute shows SF is no ordinary political partySinn Féin remains IRA mouthpiece and is untroubled by its ‘sinister’ databaseFri Apr 30 2021 - 01:00
EU is in a more stable place than UK and US despite vaccine woesStephen Collins: Member states emerging from Covid crisis more bonded than US and UKFri Apr 23 2021 - 01:00
The vaccines mess may end but economic clouds loom; no wonder people are frightenedStephen Collins: tricky tax and spending decisions loomFri Apr 16 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Border poll talk fails to take account of loyalist angerDemand for an early vote is further encouragement to those bent on creating mayhemFri Apr 09 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Doubts grow over Von der Leyen’s stewardshipIreland right to oppose vaccine export ban promoted by European Commission presidentFri Mar 26 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19 not the only threat to survival of GovernmentCoalition also facing internal pressures which could have destabilising impactFri Mar 19 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Support for Rusbridger has hollow ring to itEpisode could undermine Future of the Media Commission and its likely recommendationsFri Mar 12 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Johnson’s unilateral breaking of NI protocol could go horribly wrongLatest breach of trust by British government over protocol has potential to destroy trade deal with EUFri Mar 05 2021 - 01:00
Irish Times polls show what will determine Coalition’s survival prospectsStephen Collins: Response to Covid strategy is starting to strain Government relationsFri Feb 26 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Outbreak of EU bashing among Irish politicians is a serious overreactionAttacks on EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen are short-sightedFri Feb 19 2021 - 01:02
Stephen Collins: Fianna Fáil would regret sharing power with Sinn FéinOne of the big lessons of recent history is that SF devours those who do business with itFri Feb 12 2021 - 01:00
There may be a silver lining in von der Leyen’s appalling blunderPragmatics of NI protocol forced to top of political agenda in Brussels and LondonFri Feb 05 2021 - 01:00
