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These three Ministers are doing something welcome – making enemies

“I know that some of the providers won’t be happy with this. But look, eh, that’s life.” The words of Minister for Communications Patrick...

yesterday 6

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Pat Leahy

Ranelagh’s latest MetroLink objection highlights bananas nature of hyper-minority rule

What’s the matter with Ranelagh? Before examining the economics of the last-ditch attempt to stop the country’s biggest infrastructural project,...

yesterday 10

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David Mcwilliams

Happy Black Friday - also known as Insatiable Consumption Day

Happy Black Friday, everyone. Click open those apps, stack those digital baskets to overflowing and wait for the Amazon man to stagger to your...

previous day 9

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Justine Mccarthy

Simon Harris is facing his first big test. Can he shake off the TikTok Tánaiste image?

S i mon Harris is about to face an early test in his new role as Minister for Finance that will give him an opportunity to prove his critics wrong...

previous day 20

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Stephen Collins

Unionists outdoing each other on questions about nativity plays and witchcraft in schools

The UK supreme court ruled last week that religious education in Northern Ireland’s schools is unlawful indoctrination, in breach of the European...

thursday 2

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Newton Emerson

‘We’re not crying, you are’: How whimsy is now debasing public life

thursday 2

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Finn Mcredmond

Britain’s Paddington obsession is embarrassing - but so is Ireland gushing over ‘Miggedly’

thursday 10

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Finn Mcredmond

Enoch Burke’s ferocious desire for martyrdom has roots in Irish life

Thirty years ago this week, the second referendum on divorce resulted in a wafer-thin majority in favour of the proposal to legalise the...

thursday 10

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Diarmaid Ferriter

Where is the kindness when we talk about trans people?

Ten years ago, my musician daughter asked me to deliver a parcel to a suburban address. Her dispatch note was precise: “Just say hello, this is a...

26.11.2025 10

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Kathy Sheridan

Should we re-roof the Rock of Cashel?

During the summer, I had occasion to travel to Portumna to collect some boating equipment with a family member. Our business done, I suggested that...

26.11.2025 1

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Michael Mcdowell

‘The media are like hyenas’: A history of Denis O’Brien in 16 of his own phrases

Denis O’Brien has a colourful turn of phrase. More often than not his comments get him headlines – see his recent comments about “entitled”...

25.11.2025 1

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John Mcmanus

Ireland’s economic miracle is like someone riding two horses on a surfboard

Lyle Lovett has a very funny song called If I Had a Boat: “If I had a boat/ I’d go out on the ocean/ And if I had a pony/ I’d ride him on my boat.”...

25.11.2025 10

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Fintan O’Toole