Dolores Keane’s honesty about her demons was as piercing as her singingBeing the custodian of so much was no easy path, but she knew she could not stop singing
We need to understand the financial cost of a divided society. It might surprise usHaving this number to hand would be transformative
Ireland’s plans to deliver housing and infrastructure are a roll of the diceJudicial reviews are increasing – but it is not Nimby residents’ associations who are behind them
Zohran Mamdani has no opinion on a united Ireland. That matters more than you thinkThis is a story about two things: the changing nature of the left and the diminishing power of Irish America
Louis Theroux’s exploration into the manosphere chills the bloodThe ones who should worry us are the boys who have been sold the idea of a matrix – a conspiracy designed to make men fail
Ireland needs to grow up and get serious about its interestsIn the infantile recent debate about the Mercosur deal, for example, politicians from all sides fell over each other to criticise an agreement profoundly in Ireland’s interests
Should the Tricolour be replaced in a united Ireland? The tricolour may no longer mean what its creators intended - but is that a reason to abandon it or to re-embrace its potential?
Trump’s war on Iran could spell the end of the EUA deep economic crisis, shocking terrorist attacks in EU cities plus an unprecedented wave of refugees would lead to a far-right surge that the EU may not survive
Maria Steen: St Patrick’s Day is a celebration of everything other than ChristianityList of festivities reads more like a Government-sponsored hook-up weekend
An almost vacant shopping mall in Nairobi could be a template for DublinGenerally, I find malls uninspiring places. And yet I just spent an inspiring week in one
There’s something missing from Ireland’s debates on foreign policy: our interestsBollocking the president of the United States on St Patrick’s Day is probably not what the people want their political leader to do
Violent aggression against violent repression will never bring peace to IranTrump is not offering liberation for Iran, and the Islamic regime is not offering resistance to empire. Both are bullies buying time
Fighting over the bill in Ireland: I’ve seen people elbowing friends and throwing cashThe Irish arrangement affirms bonds through generosity and obligation
Pete Hegseth and Pedro Sánchez embody two types of virtue signallingUnthinkable: Committing publicly to a moral standpoint can change you for the better, or the worse
Ireland has long been an outlier in the EU. We’ve just never had the courage to admit itOnly a multi-speed Europe – in which certain countries decide to move to closer integration, with others opting out – can save Ireland now
The majority of Americans oppose the Iran war. So why aren’t they protesting?The section of the US public that opposes Donald Trump is exhausted by relentless right-wing dominance of public life
‘Even if the US president is an idiot ...’ Six lessons from Seán Lemass for today’s politiciansThe former Taoiseach recorded a memoir in the 1960s in which he spoke of the lessons he learned from five decades in politics
St Patrick’s Day celebrations are not a new inventionRite & Reason: The evidence for the spread of Patrick’s renown in medieval Europe is found in a whole range of objects, stories and sites
Welcome to the first war of the brainrot eraPumped-up White House videos about Iran conflict are extreme even by recent US standards
The starter home has become the forever homeWith the second hand market hugely short of supply, many people are turning their three-bed home into a four-bed and staying put
How Micheál Martin should handle Trump for St Patrick’s Day: ‘Lie back and think of Ireland’From ‘silence, guile and cunning’ to ‘don’t go’, here’s some advice for the Taoiseach on how to survive the Shamrock Ceremony
Two Chinese companies, Shein and Temu, are undercutting retailers in every countryIf the Chinese juggernaut continues to make things better than Europeans, what is there for Europe to make?
Caoilfhionn Gallagher: We must remember the unnamed women who changed this island for the betterNo one knows who they are, what they went through or the landmark legal change they secured, but we owe them a debt
Real legacy of Elvis may be contested, but his story recalls a better AmericaIt is the vitality and soulfulness of Elvis on stage that lingers in Baz Luhrmann’s film, a powerful antidote to the usual preoccupation with his private demons
Opinion: Ireland’s power class has a colonial attitude to the Irish languageA language revival oblivious to the erasure of its existing speaker communities is a contradiction in terms
Timothée Chalamet is right: no one cares about opera or balletThe arts are in trouble, and what’s needed is some realism - not head-in-the-sand holier-than-thou pap
How the right to plonk a bungalow in your dad’s field caused all hell to break loose Twenty years ago, NI officials tried to put restrictions on one-off rural house-building, and faced blowback from all sides
Trump’s ‘little excursion’ could leave Iran even more fragmented, unstable and violent For now, the most likely outcome is a shift to even greater levels of authoritarian control. Beyond that, the future is less certain
Price of our dependence on fossil fuels is becoming clear yet againBut renewable energy relies on resources that will never run out and cannot be cut off as act of aggression
Donald Trump is mad, bad and dangerous. Only the midterms can save the US nowOne Congress member is even apparently tabling a Bill to allow the US president to serve a third term
A question some politicians would do well to ponder: where is your shame?Without shame, everything is possible, and for Donald Trump, the most shameless man in the world, nothing is beyond the bounds of decency
Iran now knows Trump’s price point: soaring energy prices Lacking an endgame, public support or regional buy‑in, Trump’s Iran war risks exposing US limits more starkly than any battlefield outcome
We ran the British army. In Northern Ireland, let the past be the pastThe conflict began 57 years ago, yet politicians are resisting letting the past become the past
Here are five ways we can help bring life back to our towns and citiesMore than 100,000 homes could be created by converting old premises and promoting living over shops
Donald Trump is not mentally ill, but he is madSomeone needs to tell him the truth or swathes of the world could be turned into Gaza writ large
In Ireland, we’ll talk about anything except the meaning of lifeUnthinkable: The voice of the Catholic Church in Irish education should be commended for raising the question of ‘purpose’
All babies who die in the womb as a result of crime must be recognised as peopleJax’s Law will cover unborn babies of at least 23 weeks’ gestation who die as a result of dangerous driving
My wife, who is not Jewish, asks me if we’ll know when it’s time to leave IrelandOnly after the name-changing debacle of Herzog Park and Bondi beach attack, Government realised the Jewish community were not paranoid
When will we declare Ireland’s road-death toll the public health crisis it is?Last year, one person died every 35 hours in a crash across the island
Were many people always thirsty in the millenniums before water bottles?I rarely carry water and my bodily systems seem to run just fine
‘If you have one diagnosis, you end up with 10’: Are we over-medicating mental distress?One study found 85% of adults met the criteria for two or more major mental disorders
The Dubai dream is over. Irish expats can no longer suspend their disbelief Dubai always demanded expats suspend their disbelief. Now the US military intervention in Iran and Iran’s retribution against Gulf states is forcing some to re-evaluate
Micheál Martin must strike right balance on nerve-racking Washington assignmentIn the presence of a congenitally thin-skinned president, the Taoiseach needs to articulate Ireland’s position with caution
Within Islam, Iran is a country apartRite & Reason: As we saw on this island, differences between denominations can soon wander beyond religion into the political
Government inquiry into home heating oil and petrol prices is a political diversionThis week’s bluster gives the impression of some kind of crackdown – with consequences. Don’t be fooled