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Daniel McConnell

Kelly push has been coming for more than two years

One always suspected a day like yesterday would come.

Sat, 01 Sep, 2018

Time is not on Leo’s side in meeting with Pope

Things are far from perfect in Ireland when it comes to issues of child protection, but we have made a lot of strides in the right direction, writes Daniel McConnell.

Sat, 25 Aug, 2018

Review catches Justice with its pants down

Strike one for the little guy.

Sat, 18 Aug, 2018

When a €3.5bn profit is actually a €40bn loss

As Nama looks to the end of its original projected lifespan and its legacy will be examined, it must start being honest with itself and the public about the basic facts of its existence, writes Daniel McConnell

Sat, 28 Jul, 2018

Is Theresa May turning her back on Europe?

Europe will not think twice about screwing Ireland, if it has to, in order to screw Britain. We are so small and peripheral to the grander scheme of things, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell. 

Sat, 21 Jul, 2018

Time is running out for a UK Brexit solution

Just 98 days and counting.

Sat, 14 Jul, 2018

Varadkar upstaged in New York by Lowry and Bono

Last Sunday morning, I boarded an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to New York’s JFK airport.

Sat, 07 Jul, 2018

Race for the Áras now looks like a non-starter

Poor Gerard Craughwell. Those Fianna Fáil feckers. How could they do it to him?

Sat, 30 Jun, 2018

SF put the skids under Murphy but Government not ready to decamp

The threats from Sinn Féin about tabling such a motion appear to be mere sable-rattling ahead of their ard fheis in Belfast this weekend, writes Daniel McConnell

Sat, 16 Jun, 2018

How do you talk to people who don’t know what they want?

HOW do you solve a problem like Boris and Theresa?

Sat, 09 Jun, 2018