‘Only in Dubai’ goes the tourism slogan for 2025. It could hardly be more apt
‘Only in Dubai’ goes the tourism slogan for 2025. It could hardly be more apt
Like a previous saga of Saipan, we haven’t heard the last of Julian Assange
Ironically, it was the actions of a vindictive US, more than anything he did himself, that resuscitated his reputation and made him a hero for press freedom
Why are men under 30 turning to the right, while women are veering left?
The big ideological gap is of the past seven years is between younger men and women, and the trend is remarkably consistent across disparate cultures
Jennifer O’Connell: What I read this week
Things grabbing my attention this week include camogie elbows, sideline parents and how ‘woman’ still seems to be the hardest word
American XL bullies are different to pit bulls in one respect – they’re a product of social media
There is a brisk online business in breeding dogs that are best understood as snarling 65kg status symbols
Even rollercoasters in the sky will not jolt us out of our complacency on climate change
Singapore Airlines flight injuries and New Delhi heat are still not enough to stop business as usual
What is it about RTÉ that it can’t seem to hold on to the talent?
RTÉ effectively gave presenters a choice: you can work for us or you can work for yourself, but you can’t do both. When you look at the numbers, it’s no surprise which option they’re choosing
The Dublin-New York Portal didn’t show us Manhattan, just our badly-behaved selves
Don’t we know by now that screens bring out the worst in us?
Bambie Thug’s quiet protest was more effective than any Eurovision boycott
It is worth restating that criticism of the Israeli state is not anti-semitism. But it is also the case that anti-semitism never went away, that it still exists and that it is on the rise again
We shouldn’t import broken British rhetoric about migration
There was a time when we were rightly appalled about the language used about migrants in Brexit Britain. Now it is steadily being normalised here
What’s the right age for my daughter to get a smartphone? I asked her older siblings
“She doesn’t need to be stuck inside her head on her phone. She needs to be in the real world for as long as she can,” one said
We’re heading towards AI prices, where diners can be charged more because algorithms say they can afford it
Surge dining: Would you pay more to eat a rib-eye on a Saturday than on Tuesday?
‘No bull, no spin’: The problem with a Taoiseach who is extremely online
Simon Harris's social media skills have conferred on him an air of mystique among an older generation of politicians. But voters are less likely to be wowed
Scotland’s hate crime law fiasco offers Ireland a playbook in how not to do it
There was a sense they were making it up as they went along. The same can’t happen here
My parents wanted to downsize, and we needed a bigger home. There was an obvious solution
On paper, an inter-generational house swap made total sense. The practice was a little more difficult