After  a summer of wetsuit posing, efforts to expand his appeal through social media and going unrecognised by Irish students on their J1 visa Taoiseach Leo Varadkar now gets down to the real business of running the country, writes Alison O’Connor.

It is time that the Great Leader acted decisively on this generational change he speaks about and stands down to make way for Mary Lou, writes Alison O’Connor

Ireland is one of only three countries in the EU where fertility treatments are not funded by the State, writes Alison O’Connor.

In the background briefings Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau received on all things Irish was there any mention of the Rose of Tralee? 

If you are a parent of one of the 30,000 girls who will be offered the vaccine in September, you are right to inform yourself, but do so from trusted scientific sources, writes Alison O’Connor.

Irish women should be grateful to Kevin Myers for highlighting the misogynistic crap that has passed off for so long as legitimate commentary, writes Alison O'Connor.

THIS day last week just after hearing the verdict in the Jobstown trial I took out my phone and fired off a tweet.

A row has been simmering between the executive and judicial branches of government for some time, writes Alison O’Connor. 

You cannot purport to be a modern leader, like Macron, and not prioritise women at cabinet, writes Alison O’Connor

Those in British politics who talk of a hard Brexit are mainlining a fantasy, and steeped in denial, writes Alison O’Connor.