For too long sorry seemed to be the hardest word to utter in Irish public life. But that is no longer the case. The advent of the banking inquiry means no one week seems complete without at least one being uttered along with a public beating of the chest, well more like a gentle palpitating.

In 2013 almost 12% of Irish children were living in consistent poverty, writes Alison O’Connor

It was a barefaced cheek of the minister to make a virtue out of the new guidelines, writes Alison O’ Connor

THE VENUE was laden with symbolism. Amnesty International was launching its report into the affects of Ireland’s draconian abortion laws and it was taking place in the Pillar Room in the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, writes Alison O’Connor.

I would often say how worrying it was that Denis O’Brien had such control over the Irish media, writes Alison O’Connor

WHO WOULD ever have thought, even six months ago, that the Government would end up cresting on a wave of gay love, asks Alison O’Connor.

The fear is that if we are to vote a majority yes today ... we could end up with a mere child in the Áras, writes Alison O’ Connor

THE women of Ireland need to take part in a reproductive action, and by action I mean a stoppage. 

In practice there is far more going on here than the changing of our Constitution writes Alison O’Connor

WE WILL start with an admission: I rather enjoyed the extravaganza that was the Spring Statement. I am in a minority, I know, and it does feel like a guilty pleasure.