Message from the Editor: Michael D Higgins and the chaotic race to succeed him

More than any single policy or idea, people want a president who makes them feel better about themselves above all

Charlie Kirk’s murder is another step in a grim cycle in which abuse increasingly substitutes for argument and trust in democratic institutions erodes

Violence and harassment towards politicians has become an urgent democratic challenge in Ireland

The Irish presidency is a difficult role to fill - as we’re now seeing

Ireland’s population has reached levels not seen since the Famine, highlighting the need for inclusive, forward-thinking policies

What makes this attack all the more significant is not just its scale, but the geopolitical context

Uncertainty over Donald Trump’s tariffs is darkening the economic outlook

Unseemly bickering between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael suggests absence of sense of purpose that might at least ameliorate crisis over course of Coalition’s term

David McWilliams takes a lap of honour in his column this week but is far from sanguine about the disruption unleashed by the White House

Ireland’s business model is in need of a complete rethink, writes Cliff Taylor

While Donald Trump prepares to announce swingeing tariffs, the lower house maintains its focus on parliamentary procedure

In the digital age, algorithms are designed to confirm our pre-existing beliefs and shield us from alternative views

Oval Office meltdown showed that Trump’s administration has more or less aligned with that of Putin

The firehose of non-stop announcements makes it difficult to distinguish the outlandish statement from the radical policy shift. Perhaps the US president himself does not always know the difference