Ireland is learning what Britain has already discovered: the status quo does not endure
Just like Britain was left staring into the abyss after Brexit, Ireland is wondering why we ever left the economy so vulnerable to the whims of an irrational actor like Trump
Oasis: You can’t write. You don’t care. No wonder you’ve gone a long way
Politics will age you faster than even the most rock’n’roll lifestyle
How to work smarter: get up early, do your work diligently, have a long lunch, go home
In the summer heat – when your colleagues are away – sneak out of the office at 1pm and put your email settings to ‘busy’
Trump’s perfectly landed swear word was his best performance yet
Politicians like Holly Cairns or Keir Starmer could meet the threat of the populist right with a lighter tone and a joke or two
It’s no wonder people my age are miserable. Everyone keeps telling them they’re totally screwed
If you want to tell Gen-Z time and again that they’re be depressed, don’t be surprised if you make it true
I’m no Greta Thunberg fan, but dismissing the Madleen as a ‘publicity stunt’ is brain-dead
A group of pro-Palestine activists tried to deliver food to a starving Gaza. It was a clever, social-media literate protest
Maybe what the world needs right now is another Anthony Bourdain
Chef, TV star, rhetorician and more, he proved the truth of a culinary universal language
Ingredients for happier marriage between the United Kingdom and Ireland are there
Britain is ‘resetting’ its relationship with the EU, seeking that vague notion of ‘closer ties’ – Ireland should be the UK’s ally
Quentin Tarantino understood something Joe Biden did not - how to quit while you’re ahead
The director understood people will remember how you left with grace just as much as they remember how you performed at your peak
Could a Nigel Farage or Giorgia Meloni be good for Irish democracy?
Moving the needle on the status quo here is almost impossible. It takes a figure with a rare set of qualities
As much as I want to roll my eyes at Prince Harry’s complaining, it’s clear he’s really miserable
The prince is arguing with the Home Office and the royal family about the level of security they will provide him
You don’t have to be religious to accept it was God who brought Trump and Zelenskiy together
The world looked at the Maratta painting of Jesus and the two mortals below it, and wondered if this was Francis’s final act
The child of a globalised world, I grew up with Chinese-made smartphones and fast fashion
Trade deals with the whole world was the dream in 2016; oh, we didn’t really mean it, is the sense in 2025
I was glad to see Conor McGregor mixing with Tucker Carlson. His stock is now even lower
I like to judge people by the company they keep - call me shallow, naive - and McGregor could not find much worse
AI panic: Artists angry that a machine is learning from their work should relax
Has no one noticed that art for as long as it has existed is entirely derivative? That humans are as mimetic as machines?