After Bilderberg, Noonan could usefully visit MoyrossMICHAEL NOONAN spent the weekend at a closed meeting outside Washington with “important people” – the heads of major corporations…Wed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00
Scrutiny of audit firms over crisis is criticalBLOXHAM, THE country’s oldest stockbroking firm, closed on Monday after it was found it had been lying about its profitability…Wed May 30 2012 - 01:00
Citizens left out of plans for EU reformThere are increasing signs of indifference at the top of the EU over democratic proceduresWed May 23 2012 - 01:00
Bible not the rule book on gay marriageThe Book of Genesis offers magnificent literature but should not be used to perpetuate painful discriminationWed May 16 2012 - 01:00
Rabbitte has botched his handling of RTÉ inquiryReport into libel of priest reflects poorly on everyone concerned – RTÉ, its board, the author and the MinisterWed May 09 2012 - 01:00
Fiscal treaty story is too important to get wrongON SUNDAY last the Sunday Times carried a story by journalist Mark Paul stating: “the IMF..Wed May 02 2012 - 01:00
About-turn on Ahern lacked independent thinkingANNE HARRIS, the editor of the Sunday Independent, had a cheesy piece in that newspaper on Sunday extolling the scrupulousness…Wed Apr 25 2012 - 01:00
Oligarchs should get their hands off INMIT HARDLY matters which of the two oligarchs get control of Independent News and Media, for neither should be allowed toWed Apr 18 2012 - 01:00
Deafening FG silence on O'Brien is no surpriseThe claim that Fine Gael has to respect Michael Lowry’s mandate is hypocriticalWed Apr 11 2012 - 01:00
FF in denial over the emperor's new clothesMANY YEARS ago there was an emperor who was exceedingly fond of beautiful new clothesWed Mar 28 2012 - 01:00
Theology of priesthood behind sex abuse crisisCLERICAL SEXUAL abuse is inevitable given the meaning system that is taught by the Catholic Church and to which many priests …Wed Mar 21 2012 - 00:00
Ideology stuff about RTÉ just bonkersLEO VARADKAR thinks RTÉ has a “liberal” bias, by which I think he means a “left-wing” bias and that it is promoting a “particular…Wed Mar 14 2012 - 00:00
Tough job in ensuring impartiality of newsIT IS not the idea of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to attempt to set standards for radio and television news and current…Wed Mar 07 2012 - 00:00
Legislation on abortion, not just funking, is requiredIN FEBRUARY 1992 the Irish government claimed a diplomatic triumph in persuading our partners in the European Community to agree…Wed Feb 22 2012 - 00:00
Need for Irish embassy in Vatican is anachronisticAN ITALIAN monsignor visited a drapery store in Rome in early March 1923 and ordered warm underwear, most likely long johns and…Wed Feb 15 2012 - 00:00
Enda Kenny cannot ignore his role in the Celtic crashIf the Taoiseach does not understand his own contribution to this crash, we are in greater difficulty than we thinkWed Feb 01 2012 - 00:00
No surprise in political surrender to ECB blackmailON SUNDAY evening Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar, on RTÉ’s The Week in Politics programme, was asked why the State was paying…Wed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00
Dáil is still being used as a tool by GovernmentTHE DÁIL met at 10.30am on Friday last with the usual affront to those who do not share a Christian belief, in the form of the…Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Inequality not on the agenda in US or RepublicIF ANY Irish Times readers stayed up last night to watch the post-New Hampshire primary candidate prayer meetings, they probably…Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
Technocratic, unelected governments are the idealThe inheritors of Reagan and Thatcher have prevailed; our salvation is to be won by entrepreneursWed Dec 28 2011 - 00:00
Catastrophe looms - but which one will it be?WE ARE on the verge of one of the following – an economic catastrophe– made all the more likely by the Brussels European Council…Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Political elite indifferent to ingrained inequalityTHE ANGLO-Irish Treaty which established quasi-independence for 26 of the 32 counties of Ireland was signed 90 years ago yesterday…Wed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
No escaping fact that rich continue to get richerTHE TRIUMPH of capitalism has been not just its survival and its vast enrichment of its aristocracy but its capacity to generate…Wed Nov 16 2011 - 00:00
If you can pay then it's time you did payWE IN the middle classes in this society are in denial about the scale of our privilegeWed Oct 19 2011 - 01:00
New media legislation is just too little too latePAT RABBITTE has offered interesting insights into the present Government’s plans for new legislation on media ownership, expressing…Wed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
Market forces have too much powerA SPOKESPERSON for the German government in Berlin said a few hours ago (this column is being written at lunchtime yesterday) …Wed Sept 28 2011 - 01:00
Prevention of suicide remains a low priorityTHERE ARE at least one million deaths from suicide every yearWed Sept 14 2011 - 01:00
Church's condoning of evil goes way backTHE “DYSFUNCTION, disconnection and elitism” which Enda Kenny said “dominates the culture of the Vatican to this day” did not…Wed Jul 27 2011 - 01:00
Cutting pay of judges could be a simple ActThe Oireachtas should legislate on this issue as they did for other public servants – and that should be thatWed Jul 13 2011 - 01:00
Tribunal costs payout bonanza to add insult to injuryEveryone from Bertie Ahern to George Redmond stands to be reimbursed because of constitutional catchWed Jul 06 2011 - 01:00
Ireland left to count the true cost of euro dreamAn exclusionary venture that values banks ahead of ordinary people – this is not what we signed up forWed Jun 29 2011 - 01:00
Costello's vision was of equality and justiceThe late author of the ‘Just Society’ document was a radical and, in many ways, leftist voice in 1960s Fine GaelWed Jun 08 2011 - 01:00
Ravaged Limerick a cautionary policy taleCollapse of deprived areas into criminality and hopelessness can be traced back to the State in many casesWed Jun 01 2011 - 01:00
Garret's acceptance of inequality had an effectThe former taoiseach achieved the impossible by making Ireland more plural but was content with our inequalityWed May 25 2011 - 01:00
Victims of bombings deserve answersUNWITTINGLY, AS she arrived in Ireland yesterday morning, Elizabeth was complicit in a belittlement of Irish people, or rather…Wed May 18 2011 - 01:00
Offering an immodest proposal to solve deficitEither we take the hard decisions necessary to deal with this crisis – or the EU-ECB will do it for us, writes VINCENT BROWNE…Wed May 11 2011 - 01:00
Get richest 20% of our people to pay for crisisTo help ease the pain we should increase Government revenue to that of the EU’s most successful economiesWed May 04 2011 - 01:00
Deplorable fallout from Quinn's big gambleAnglo’s attempts to keep its share price afloat in the wake of Seán Quinn’s disastrous speculation were at best highly dubious…Wed Apr 20 2011 - 01:00
Payback main reason for political donationsThe only reason anyone would give money to a political party is because they expect to get something in returnWed Apr 13 2011 - 01:00
Intervention in oil states part of new world orderOUR OBSESSION with the misfortunes on our doorstep have distracted us from the agonies being piled on peoples of other countries…Wed Mar 30 2011 - 01:00
Findings a body blow to Coalition's credibilityFine Gael acted with gross impropriety in accepting a donation from Esat and then attempting to conceal itWed Mar 23 2011 - 00:00
Fine Gael better brace itself for bumpy rideDespite what it says in its manifesto, Fine Gael in government will not have the power to defy the ECBWed Feb 16 2011 - 00:00
Equality even more important than jobsDespite the total lack of discussion from all the parties, this issue is not just a fixation of loony-left mavericksWed Feb 09 2011 - 00:00
Playing a round of golf with the bankerA number of issues on what is not known of the Taoiseach’s dealings with the troubled bank should be addressedWed Jan 12 2011 - 00:00
Reform the Dáil to fix democracy dysfunctionGovernment of the people by the people requires radical change in our self-serving parliamentary systemWed Jan 05 2011 - 00:00
Time to play the strong card we still holdThe EU needs this deal as much as Ireland, for if an Irish bank goes down, it endangers banks around EuropeWed Dec 15 2010 - 00:00
Delusion of no choice is the ultimate trickThe real genius of our warped social system is the fact that the rest of us have been persuaded it all makes senseWed Dec 01 2010 - 00:00
Deal with deficit by treating the old equallyDeference to financial moguls and indifference to the people have caused our financial problemsWed Nov 17 2010 - 00:00
Time to reclaim law from legal priesthoodThe way in which the people’s laws are framed makes them a plaything of the legal classesWed May 26 2010 - 01:00
Inadequacy of political donations legislationIsn’t it odd that the contributors to Fianna Fáil were those most advantaged by the policies of that party?Wed May 05 2010 - 01:00
