Middle Ireland needs a new government. Independents might provide it
Simon Harris plans to win enough votes to abandon rotating taoiseach deal. Here’s why that’s a doomed strategy
Courting of Labour by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is the worst kind of cynicism
Instead of sniping at each other, the erstwhile Civil War parties need to be straight with the people
America deserved better than this contest, and so did the world
The biggest global issue is how the democracies of the world will deal with the Sino-Russo-Korean alliance which is preparing for confrontation in Europe and Asia
Having a million EVs by 2030 is an illusion - we cannot even meet existing electricity demand
The march towards complete dependence on electricity as the only available energy source seems to be inexorable. And yet we in Ireland have narrowed our options to a dangerous degree
Sinn Féin’s leaders are not really leaders. They’re more like glove puppets for unseen controllers
Recent controversies are not the reason for Sinn Féin’s decline, they’re symptoms of its underlying reality
An intervention from Germany’s opposition could prove important to the EU’s approach to migration
The party is calling for a temporary closure of the country’s borders to asylum claimants
Growth of Hamas was not merely observed by Israel’s government, it was actively encouraged
Ireland’s chief rabbi says Israel is not waging a war of retaliation. But the Israeli government’s stated policy is that the war is one of the destruction of Hamas’s military and governing capabilities
Sex education cannot be taught on a one-size-fits-all basis
The terror that posed as SPHE education in the past was undoubtedly deeply harmful to adolescents
Children’s hospital, Metrolink and bike shed are all symptoms of a deep governmental malaise
Like Britain, we suffer from advanced administrative sclerosis, but we’re in complete denial
Ireland must tackle the ‘pull factors’ that attract asylum applicants
A proposal to charge asylum seekers with jobs €15 or €25 a week for accommodation is a pathetic response
Housing crisis will not be solved by Sinn Féin or Coalition
Idea that local authorities can deliver housing faster than building contractors is daft ideological posturing
A €336,000 bike shelter is cheap compared with cost of transforming Leinster House library
Independent Senators have been trying to see OPW plans to transform the beautiful members’ library at Leinster House into a ‘main committee room’ for the Dáil, to no avail
Why is our capacity to deliver infrastructure projects worse now than it was in the 19th century?
A railway was built from Dublin to Cork with little more than a shovel and a pick in the 1840s. Today the Shannon pipeline project will take 15-20 years from conception to completion - and that’s if all goes well
Ireland is in no position to accept 25,000 homeless migrants claiming asylum every year
It is idle to debate whether ‘Ireland is full’. But it is not idle to acknowledge the glaring truth that Ireland is in no position to accept 25,000 homeless migrants claiming asylum every year
Trump’s ‘conversation’ with Musk reveals dangers that were not made explicit until now
Former US president lauds Russian leader while being profoundly hostile to the European Union