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Bringing the Irish Open to Trump’s Doonbeg bolsters golf’s elitist image

Rory McIlroy was searching for the words, though he had no need of them. The catch in his voice said it all. “Rory, Rory, Rory,” the spectators...

yesterday 10

Justine Mccarthy

What’s the point of party think-ins when the same social problems persist?

What, if anything, will come from the annual political party “think-ins” that herald the beginning of the new Dáil term? These gatherings,...

yesterday 10

Diarmaid Ferriter

Spending €30 million more on Ryder Cup 2027 is throwing good money after bad

The question as to whether the Government should chip in another €30 million to support the Ryder Cup at Adare Manor in Limerick in 2027 is a valid...

previous day 20

John Mcmanus

Sinn Féin has created an orange-green split on Lough Neagh

On Tuesday in Stormont, Sinn Féin once again faced the question of what to put first: Lough Neagh or the farming lobby. This time, for the first...

previous day 10

Newton Emerson

We should not dismiss blatantly political works from artists like Banksy

John Keats, the ingénue English Romantic poet, coined the idea of “negative capability”. He was trying to describe a characteristic of great...

previous day 10

Finn Mcredmond

Threats to Simon Harris are a red alert for Irish society

One of the most symbolic acts of Donald Trump’s presidency was his failure to attend the funeral of the former Minnesota House speaker Melissa...

wednesday 10

Kathy Sheridan

With luck, we’ll have a new drainage scheme for Dublin in just 25 years. Welcome to modern Ireland

The calamity of the Planning and Development Act 2024 is becoming clearer by the day. Most people are not aware that the Bill for the Act was...

wednesday 20

Michael Mcdowell

Welcome to college in Ireland, with its long commutes, couch-surfing and four bunks to a room

Another year, another student accommodation crisis. Versions of the same human stories are reported annually, detailing the hardships of finding...

08.09.2025 1

Una Mullally

Cryptocurrency is financial cocaine for the middle classes

Bertie Ahern‘s recent touting as a possible presidential candidate (a possibility he has now discounted) put renewed focus on the 2008 economic...

08.09.2025 5

Joe Humphreys

Donald Trump’s plan to make America beautiful again

On the scale of Trump overreach, the presidential order last week to eschew modernist architecture in favour of Greco-Roman classicism might seem...

08.09.2025 1

Patrick Smyth

What the presidential election needs is a candidate I wouldn’t vote for: Maria Steen

This shouldn’t be coming from me, but what the presidential election really needs is a candidate I wouldn’t dream of voting for: a serious...

08.09.2025 10

Fintan O’Toole

Carlo Acutis, the millennial saint, could not be more different to the influencers of the manosphere

As Lara Marlowe wrote this week, Gena Heraty’s release gives us hope in a world where “altruism, self-abnegation and solidarity are desperately...

07.09.2025 1

Breda O&x27Brien

Taoiseach Micheál Martin insists Ireland is pro-trade ... except when it comes to Mercosur

The Government will be seeking an Irish answer to the particularly Irish dilemma of the Mercosur trade deal in the weeks ahead. It should be...

07.09.2025 3

Cliff Taylor

Idea of electing anyone other than Michael D Higgins as president seems like a category error

Michael D Higgins has been president for a very long time – so long, in fact, that the idea of the presidency as an institution independent of his...

07.09.2025 2

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