Stop demonising one-off rural housing. Not everyone wants to be surrounded by neighbours
If town and village life is so much more sensible and attractive, why do so few people choose to live over the shop?
Michael McDowell columns and stories
If town and village life is so much more sensible and attractive, why do so few people choose to live over the shop?
Gerry Hutch knows he can gain ground by saying what other politicians won’t say, but what a growing part of the electorate wants to hear
Politicians are often reluctant to speak about migration for fear of being accused of racism. No such inhibitions trouble putative populist conservatism
The official ‘schools are safe’ mantra was patently false to those living it
The lesson from Covid is not that strong public-health measures should never be used again
Travel from Youghal to the Beara Peninsula,140-160km, was lawful, but travel from Shankill to Bray on a shopping expedition was a crime
Peter Magyar’s win strengthens the hands of EU members who regard the union as a partnership of sovereign states
We are well past the point at which ‘pilot’ implementation projects and ‘independent’ special-purpose vehicles are put on some vague delivery schedule
Cracks are appearing in the so-called ‘conservative’ alliance, nationally and internationally
Israel is not engaged in a ‘war of expansion’ in Lebanon
No fear that TDs will be ‘sitting on each other’s laps’ in Dáil any time soon, says Minister of State
Binyamin Netanyahu seems intent on obliterating Israel’s international standing
Officials meeting 12-week timeline for ‘safe-country’ cases and those with less than 20 per cent acceptance rate
One Congress member is even apparently tabling a Bill to allow the US president to serve a third term
Trump called for demonstrations against the regime and promised demonstrators support from the US. They demonstrated; they died in their thousands
Media have become obsessed with personality and trivia. Quality journalism needs input, analysis and judgment
Courage and statesmanship brought about an Irish state. Those qualities will be needed again if the North is to vote for unity
Key reforms include abolition of juries in defamation cases and more protections for journalists
What might a prime minister Nigel Farage say or do in relation to Northern Ireland?
We have ruled out nuclear and gas exploration, and stalled on wind energy. Our dependence on gas energy will continue until 2050 at the earliest
Border forces have been deployed in the American heartlands – masked, camouflaged and bristling with firearms
Are the scales of Maga delusion finally falling from the eyes of Trump voters?
The emergence of a hard right in Irish politics was apparent during the run-up to last year’s presidential election
What surprised me was how much I liked the guns - and I also learned how to throw grenades
Is the ugliness of the Trump regime in Washington mirrored in Sinn Féin’s ambitions for a hard-left Chavista socialist republic in Ireland?
Could a magic wand finally reverse this gross example of urban vandalism, or will the Green lobby and preservationists intervene?
He has his critics, but unlike many others among Ireland’s immensely wealthy, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary has always intended to remain tax resident here
‘Establishing and expanding’ access in strategically important locations in the hemisphere is a declared aim
Russia wants a piece of Ukraine. America wants Greenland and the Panama Canal. Israel wants to a piece of Gaza, and so on
Raymond McCreesh Park was given its name in 2001 following a proposal by the party
Legislation seeks to end to lawsuits designed to stymie comment and coverage on particular individuals or organisations
Ireland is dotted with ruined castles. Where is the vision for them?
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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