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The school’s electricity bill was €3,000 – and some of that was during the holidays

yesterday 8

Breda O&x27Brien

It normally takes a government a bit longer than this to look so out of touch

yesterday 7

Pat Leahy

Trump’s claim that diversity policies caused plane crash is part of an attack on ‘woke capitalism’

If you wanted evidence of the pushback against regulations and “woke capitalism” from Donald Trump, his suggestion that diversity and inclusion...

previous day 10

Cliff Taylor

Gen Z will become the propulsive force that drives Irish society

God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols, Fight the Power by Public Enemy or Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana were three memorable generational...

previous day 10

David Mcwilliams

Ireland and the EU need to forge a relationship with the Global South

Micheál Martin, in his Dáil speech accepting nomination as Taoiseach, said: “we must protect and renew an economic model which delivers high...

previous day 1

Paul Gillespie

Trump is a throwback to days when destitute Ireland gazed at Haughey and thought he’d make us rich

If you are struggling to fathom what goes on in Donald Trump’s mind, I recommend a trip to the cinema to see Maria, the sensorily luscious life...

friday 10

Justine Mccarthy

A good foreign policy is one that no one notices. Unfortunately that’s not Simon Harris’s style

Foreign affairs, trade and defence were once pleasant political pastures. Simon Harris has gathered them as his ministerial portfolio at a moment...

friday 10

Gerard Howlin

I am tired of explaining Michael D Higgins’s words to incredulous English people

“Why couldn’t he focus on the Holocaust for just one day?” a WhatsApp message from a friend, a UK-based journalist, read on Tuesday. Others on the...

30.01.2025 10

Finn Mcredmond

Architecture of the Belfast Agreement is dying of disinterest

The “Shared Island” section in the new programme for government is not quite the cut-and-paste from 2020 that some critics have alleged. It has an...

30.01.2025 20

Newton Emerson

Tech bros welcome masculine energy back to workplace. It’s news to me it ever went away

The tech bros have had a whale of a time in recent weeks with all the testosterone flooding into their poor Biden-battered veins. This is not a...

29.01.2025 10

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