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World of Politics with Harry McGee I’ve noticed the massive black building taking shape off the M6 near Athenry in recent months. “Ah that must be...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell If we’re being honest, we’ve all done it — received an anxious or passive aggressive phone call before...
Inside Track with John McIntyre Most things in life are alright until they aren’t – and that’s the fallout for the Galway senior hurling team...
It's hard to believe that we are only in mid-June and there is a real possibility that the Mayo senior footballers could be out of the Championship...
Writing in 1962, John T Collins was dealing with places and place names not too far from Cork city. “Glanmire - Glean Maghair, and Tubbereenmire -...
Each June, as the gates of the Cork Summer Showgrounds open to thousands of visitors, I am reminded of the unique role this event plays in weaving...
Hours before racist violence broke out in Ballymena on Monday night, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) had warned that the north Antrim town was...
There is little to like about Greta Thunberg: the ghoulish climate doomerism, the omni-cause activism, the fervour she inspires in the worst...
In classrooms across Cork city and county, you will find young people with huge potential, full of ideas, ambition, and talent. But for some, that...
As a parent, Gwen Loughman understands the need for spaces without kids, but she also believes that families should not be excluded.
Years ago, I read a novel about a large family in America. Believe me, it was the first of many novels I was to read about families in America, but...
For many of us who lived through the era covered by the recent Housewife of the Year documentary, the viewing was always going to trigger a dull,...
What would you do if a stranger turned up in the middle of the day and bulldozed your home? Knocked it, and all your possessions, to the ground....
Today is the big reveal when the Chancellor of the Exchequer presents her spending review. It’s not just about allocating billions for this year....
The British government’s shameful treatment of the family of Sean Brown continues unabated. The latest indignity inflicted upon them comes in the...
Environmental campaigner and teacher, Brian Murray looks the damaging effects of algal blooms and the reasons we’re not stopping outbreaks.
In recent times there have been claims that Éamon de Valera was antisemitic, with the main evidence cited that Ireland remained neutral during the...
While faith in Mayo 's senior prospects in both the men’s and women’s codes has wavered and waned over the past four years, there are definitely...
YOUR move, Dublin. The Treasury’s commitment of a new £50m “over four years” to Casement Park changes the whole dynamic of the conversation. A plan...
Excitement is building as a new review shows a rise in the number of potential drugs that could treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease. Led by an...
Back in my youth we were taught in Latin class about the problems faced by Rome because of neighbouring wetlands known as the Pontine Marshes....
When I was at school, back in the olden days as my children used to say, we used to joke that there was a committee of nuns whose job it was to...
People have been fishing for eels in Lough Neagh since at least the Bronze Age, which began nearly 5,000 years ago. However, last month the Lough...
One of the most powerful books I have ever read is a slim volume first published in its entirety by The New Yorker magazine in 1946. So powerful...
AS with comedy, the secret of a great sporting championship is timing. As with comedy, sometimes some don’t find matters funny, instead feeling...
The public clamour in Northern Ireland regarding the Troubles is becoming ever louder: “Let’s have the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the...