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Harris’s robust comments on welfare dependency might hold a bit more weight had the Government not just raised the dole
Managing today’s meeting is a real test for Ireland
Cross-Border partnerships are common everywhere, but if a ‘united Ireland’ destination board is slapped on it, unionists will simply say no
Russell Brand flourished a Bible during his rape trial – the same one he brought to a Piers Morgan interview in April. When asked to locate certain...
My understanding of the interplay between neutrality, peacekeeping and triple lock comes from my time spent at a checkpoint in south Lebanon
We should not forget his outrageous, anti-democracy acts to swing the US midterms
We’re witnessing the anguished birth of a new kind of revived American religious progressivism, one which cuts across old denominational lines
The physical presence of data centres means they need a social licence, at least in democratic countries
This was hyperscale trash talk – and it didn’t work
Worldview: Can the EU be a superpower like the US or China? And if not, what is its future?
Friedrich Nietzsche said only English people want to be happy, but he was wrong
Worldview: Can the EU be a superpower like the US or China? And if not, what is its future?
As many as 925,000 Jews were murdered here. They included my mother Monika’s aunt, Sonia Rozenfeld, and some 100 members of my father’s family
Living in a state of constant vigilance is exhausting. We need better leadership
Tightening up on spending – such as on semi-State bosses’ salaries – requires saying no and eschewing flat-rate percentage increases for public...
When public institutions are underfunded and under-resourced, the private sector is invariably offered as a quick fix
One sees EU split in two, another sees state instruments captured by corporate interests. But one is hopeful
When you run a company that treats human beings as a commodity, you tend to forget they have minds of their own
Rite & Reason: In many countries, the more ‘liberal’ agenda is weeded out of the Synodal process as it evolves
As Ireland’s market towns wither away, massive global shifts demand immediate remedial action
Trump reshaped the Republican Party around himself and is now paying the price, while Democrats benefited in US midterms by not being associated with...
A generic email was able to scramble military jets, ground aircraft, take RTÉ and Newstalk off air and consume Garda and ministerial attention
US midterms outcome puts focus back on data centres and AI – a vital source of investment growth in the Irish economy
It should not be forgotten that one description of Trump voters in 2016 was similar to Abdul El-Sayed’s: a ‘coalition of the dispossessed’
Unionism seems determined to cannibalise itself – a consequence of an Orange Order parade that was supposed to be a victory
O’Donovan came out fighting on the day he fell ill, saying he had no problem with people criticising his politics but ‘leave my health out of...
No other political party communicates so much while saying so little, or has become so disconnected from its faithful
The lack of a Stormont village is felt across the political spectrum. But there are better solutions than relocating it
The word ‘woke’ has lost all meaning. Be suspicious of anyone who still uses it
There are too many responsible bodies with dangerous gaps where resources and operational processes don’t intersect, leaving gigantic holes to...
With Trump driving US foreign policy over the next two years, the stakes have not been as high for Europe since 1939
Politics is no longer about coherent narratives so much as visual spectacle
One large developer could quickly scale up to meet our housing needs. But there is an obstacle
Will Republicans benefit from low expectations? Could a big win for the Democrats convince them to choose a progressive like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...
The midterm elections are not just about America. They’re also about the future of democracy
The pain is the living memory of their presence. Its recession takes them with it
James Browne said people shouldn’t get ‘hung up on a little thing about whether house prices increase or decrease’
Even those utterly opposed to the US president’s politics are subjected to his fawning if they are objectively good-looking
Worldview: Any potential peace deal will necessarily involve robust security guarantees for Ukraine. Would Ireland be prepared to allow Russia to...
A trend of anti-corruption sentiment became a genuine force for political change in the Balkan country
Number of Irish students wanting to board is in decline, but the opportunity to foster independence appeals to many families
‘We are grateful no one was harmed, and the globe is being repaired,’ the Pentagon said. If only it were so simple
Rite and Reason: God is praised as the culture collapses, mired in pretence, corruption and a callous abuse of the poor
Midterm elections next week are a referendum on the unpopular US president. They could herald the end of ‘The Donald’ era
Controversy between Simon Harris and Patrick O’Donovan was a badly handled storm in a teacup
The State’s relatively low debt has insulated it so far. But political turmoil abroad and a speculative AI boom could still hit the economy hard
If the opposition refuses to go into coalition with the Arab parties, it will not only squander a decisive victory, it will be guilty of moral...
She took out the loan in 2003, the year Ireland was entering peak madness
Ireland is using the European presidency to help Andy Burnham bring the UK closer to the EU
NAZA documentary shows how modern warfare is pushing man’s inhumanity to man to terrifying new frontiers
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