We won’t realise how much we’ll miss Michael D Higgins as President until he’s gone
Michael D Higgins, a funny-sounding little poet heaving with lofty thoughts, was exactly what the doctor ordered for Ireland in 2011
If I have my way, 2025 will have no manspreaders, bagspreaders or texting pedestrians
I’m taking the Julius Caesar approach to resolutions: here are the ways I’d like the rest of you to adopt better habits
Irish Government needs to stay resolute in the face of Israel’s slanderous claims of anti-Semitism
Flinging the anti-Semitism slur around is an injustice to the many Israeli citizens who decry their government’s protracted killing spree in Gaza and the illegal settlements in the West Bank
Fianna Fáil needs to explain why it can’t talk to Sinn Féin if it will talk to Michael Lowry
If 14 years’ tribunal work by a High Court judge can be so readily air-brushed by successive governments, what’s the point of bothering?
Sherin’s mother prays she won’t be left lying in the street to be eaten by scavenging dogs
In all the Mercs-and-perks talk about who will get which Cabinet portfolios, there has been scant appetite to face down the warmongers in Jerusalem and Washington
Fianna Fáil rising: Even Lazarus couldn’t have pulled off the Micheál Martin miracle
It’s just 14 years since Fianna Fáil and Martin were being written off completely, and four since his leadership was being publicly challenged
Conor McGregor was facilitated by a culture of entitlement and cheered on by adoring fans
In the space of a single week, two sports stars were before the Irish courts having behaved despicably
‘Why wouldn’t I vote for Gerry Hutch? All that money being pumped into bike sheds and phone covers. We’re struggling’
The general election outcome in Dublin Central could point the direction Ireland takes next
Forget politicians’ pre-election promises - here’s my 10-point manifesto
My general election wish list: No more free Dáil parking; penalty points for drivers who keep the engine running while stationary; immunity for employees who refuse to handle Israeli goods ...
What’s the point of an election if it inevitably means the same parties get back in?
The shameful and eternal truth about the Irish left is that as long as it stands apart, it falls apart
Thanks a bunch, America. Love, women everywhere
US election shows voters still demand that a woman candidate must be without fault
Blind acceptance of untruths could propel Trump back into the White House
The prevailing credo is that the voter is always right, even when the voter is egregiously misguided
‘I knew ... I couldn’t stay with him any more ... I had a husband who was addicted to drugs and raping me’
‘I stood up for myself and I was believed,’ says Kathleen Correia, who was raped and coercively controlled by her then husband, Sergio Correia
Government shouldn’t be so quick to yell Gotcha! at Sinn Féin. Its record on children is shameful
When election candidates coming knocking at your door, will you speak for the children so badly let down by the State?
Had Mary Lou stuck with Fianna Fáil, she could be closer to becoming first woman taoiseach
The blizzard of scandals since the Dáil returned from summer holidays is Mary Lou McDonald’s GUBU moment