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

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

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

HOW do you solve a problem like Boris and Theresa?

Unlike Enda Kenny, John Bruton and Michael Noonan before him, Leo Varadkar is in total control of his party, writes Daniel McConnell.

Shane Ross’s Judicial Appointments Bill and bid to reform the way in which ‘unaccountable’ judges are appointed is meeting strong resistance from the opposition benches but also from within the Fine Gael ranks, writes Daniel McConnell

Simon Coveney has had a bruising few months, writes Daniel McConnell.

Mary Lou McDonald has that intangible X-factor that few others in politics have and has used all of her considerable skills — including her attractiveness — to climb the ranks of Sinn Féin in a relatively short time. Like Margaret Thatcher she has exploited her gender positively, making herself the obvious choice to succeed Gerry Adams, writes Daniel McConnell

Cast your mind back to 2009, writes Daniel McConnell.

Last Sunday, the great and the good gathered on a cold and breezy O’Connell St for the annual Easter Rising commemoration, writes Daniel McConnell.