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Sinéad O'Sullivan

The Irish Times

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Difficulty of a flood-warning system is precisely the reason co-ordination must be paramount

Difficulty of a flood-warning system is precisely the reason co-ordination must be paramount

Devoid of that critical integration, our State retains no institutional memory, as lessons from failures remain trapped inside whichever department or...

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Sineád O'Sullivan

Ireland’s politics of strategic ambiguity served us well – until it didn’t

Ireland’s politics of strategic ambiguity served us well – until it didn’t

‘Not Fine Gael’ is not a policy platform for Ireland’s opposition, any more than ‘not Trump’ helped the US Democrats

24.05.2026 20

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Sinéad O'Sullivan

People in Ireland want to know where our money goes. The answer is depressing

Ireland spends up to €180,000 training doctors to work in Australia. That’s one symptom of a much bigger problem

13.05.2026 20

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Sinéad o'sullivan

The performance of Irishness for outside approval is finished

Kneecap, Sally Rooney and the comedian Vittorio Angelone ask a question the State has avoided for years: what is all of this for, if not for us?

02.05.2026 20

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Sinéad o'sullivan

Ireland’s population is told it has never been richer, yet it has never felt poorer

The State takes in €126bn a year and cannot create a civil protection agency, a gas storage facility or a train to Donegal

25.04.2026 30

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Sinéad o'sullivan

Opinion: The protests aren't just about fuel, they're a revolt against a hollow state

Citizens are told Ireland is rich, but their daily lives say otherwise, and last week’s protests were just a symptom of a deeper malaise, writes...

14.04.2026 40

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Sinéad o'sullivan

Calling in the Defence Forces against fuel protesters is a huge strategic error

By invoking the threat of the army to move tractors, the Government has proved every sceptic of increased defence spending right

09.04.2026 30

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Sinéad o'sullivan

We need a national strategy for the fuel crisis. Here are four things we can do now

And when we’ve done them, we need to build an energy security strategy

05.04.2026 40

The Irish Times

Sinéad o'sullivan

When will we declare Ireland’s road-death toll the public health crisis it is?

Last year, one person died every 35 hours in a crash on the island

09.03.2026 40

The Irish Times

Sinéad o'sullivan