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Colin Sheridan

Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.

Colin Sheridan: Why actors’ round tables have become awards season’s strangest performance

Awards-season round tables have turned artistic admiration into ritualised excess, where praise replaces honesty and performance eclipses genuine criticism

Sat, 20 Dec, 2025

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Colin Sheridan: Ah sure don't mind elections — let's choose who runs the country at random

Governing should be assigned to us all by lottery like jury duty. Surely it couldn't be worse than what we endure from elected governments?

Sat, 13 Dec, 2025

S Colin Sheridan: End of the affair shows Salah that love is conditional

The Anfield legend piled huge pressure on his manager with an explosive interview on Saturday night.

Mon, 08 Dec, 2025

Colin Sheridan: New reforms risk transforming what it means to be an immigrant in Ireland

Recently unveiled reforms signal a sharper, more conditional, approach to migration and integration, a policy shift seemingly premised not only on numbers but on redefining belonging

Mon, 08 Dec, 2025

S Colin Sheridan: The Irish love the moral high ground — but it’s time we climbed down

An honest reckoning with inherited bias could help Ireland move beyond comforting myths of historic victimhood and towards genuine inclusivity

Sat, 06 Dec, 2025

S Colin Sheridan: Pat Spillane at 70 - the last great unscripted man of Irish sport

Pat Spillane, turning 70 today, is the type of Irish sporting legend who becomes bigger the further removed they are from their playing days.

Mon, 01 Dec, 2025

Colin Sheridan: DJ Carey’s wrongdoing not the only unsettling part of 'The Dodger' documentary

The RTÉ documentary raises questions about who benefits from such coverage, writes Colin Sheridan

Sun, 30 Nov, 2025

Troy Parrott and Séamus Coleman celebrate after the match 16/11/2025

S Colin Sheridan: Having miscalculated Ireland's chances, I had to roll the dice

If the measure of a moment’s magnificence is how long after it makes you smile, then last Sunday in Budapest was among the best we’ve ever had.

Mon, 24 Nov, 2025

Colin Sheridan: Under Trump's plan, a VIP lounge of powerful nations is carving up Palestine

The UN Security Council 'increasingly resembles an Epstein Island of nations — a sun-bleached VIP lounge of the powerful.'

Fri, 21 Nov, 2025

Hungary v Republic of Ireland - FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifier

S Colin Sheridan: A nation’s footballing identity is shaped not by its loudest figures but its truest

Whatever Seamus Coleman has, sums up what's best about us - we should build on that.

Mon, 17 Nov, 2025