The public may not care who gets to speak in the Dáil, but they do care about being taken for fools
Problem ultimately wasn’t about low-stakes speaking time or terrible political nous: it was over a proposal that utterly failed to pass the bulls**t test
Tech bros welcome masculine energy back to workplace. It’s news to me it ever went away
There was overreach after the #MeToo movement but the backlash against women we’re seeing now is ferocious
It’s a good time for a wealth tax on Ireland’s 11 billionaires
But what are the chances of a co-ordinated international approach now? Take a look at Trump’s inauguration images. The whole event could as easily have been rendered in the form of a gigantic crypto coin
Mark Zuckerberg’s pronouncements confirm that ‘woke’ is dead
Household names turn back the clock to darker times as they fall into step with the next occupant of the White House
Sucking up to Trump and his coterie of billionaires will not leave us on the right side of history
Wealth and its uses are rarely benevolent – it’s not just a means of living in luxury, but a means of changing perceptions. Just ask Conor McGregor or Elon Musk
Predictions? It’s difficult to do anything but peer fearfully around the corner into this new year
Of immediate concern is the ease with which Elon Musk’s limitless money has allowed him to buy his way to the pinnacle of political power
The sanitised version of nativity story rings increasingly hollow
Last Christmas, near the site of the original nativity in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, the Lutheran Church placed the baby in a manger of rubble and destruction to reflect the reality of children being born and living in Palestine today
Leo Varadkar is right: basic maths should not flummox a minister or any of us
Wouldn’t it be novel if the next taoiseach chose his cabinet on the basis of their qualifications, competence and relevant experience and included a few arithmetic nerds?
In a new Dáil once again dominated by men, three women could lead the Opposition
Democracy is on a downward arc globally, and we can see the warning signs here in the treatment by some media of Gerry Hutch’s candidacy as a joke. We learned nothing from the ascent of Donald Trump
Anyone paying attention to Simon Harris could have predicted the outburst in a supermarket
This was always going to be the danger phase, as a bored and bolshie electorate gets ready to go to the polls
Angry flea circus buzzing around ‘woke’ Helen McEntee goes beyond the usual political sniping
Willie O’Dea called her 'the worst minister for justice in the history of the State' while Jim O’Callaghan said she had copied his ideas
‘Your body. My choice.’ A phrase that chills women to the bone
A segment circulating on the internet from Russian TV featuring a 20-year-old nude photoshoot by Melania Trump was interpreted as a coded message to the future president
I am nauseously optimistic about the chances of a Kamala Harris victory
Come what may, it’s a good day to salute the courage and persistence of the women on whose shoulders Harris’s extraordinary campaign was built
Donald Trump’s apparent misfires are part of a sinister strategy
Trump is ratcheting up the racism and misogyny because he needs the young men who have drifted away from the Democrats
Heather Humphreys defies old line about all political lives ending in failure
Minister is exiting politics amid warm affection from the real world. Her advice about ignoring social media is instructive