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.

In the packed Mansion House Roundroom last Friday, a couple of Leo Varadkar supporters did just what you’d expect when an election has been won — they lifted their man high into the air.

Regardless of who wins the election today, the real winner in all of this has been the

I am afraid to go the French capital, and certainly do not want to bring them [my children] there, writes Alison O’Connor.