ANY law that banned the purchase of something but not its sale would seem very strange and unworkable or, at least, a contradiction in terms.

The eighth Women’s Rugby World Cup opens in Dublin this evening, when England, the reigning world champions, play Spain, at UCD.

The challenges, harrowing, and life-threatening in so many cases, faced by our emigrants over the centuries have been well-documented.

Proposals for the redevelopment of Cork City’s Tivoli Docklands are on a grand scale and represent a vote of confidence in the region’s people and future.

AFTER a weekend when Tipperary and Galway’s performances in Croke Park so stirred the blood, it might be tempting to bask in the happy idea that hurling is our national game — or at least one of them. 

THE row about kelp harvesting proposals simmering around West Cork is rooted in one simple fact: The public does not trust regulatory authorities to do the right thing, to protect the common good or the environment in the face of proposals for commercial development.

THE ageless folk tale, ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’, is one of the most enduring in the European tradition. Its message seems particularly relevant to Ireland, as the sharp, darkening nights of autumn loom. 

THE relentless rolling on of time changes everything and nothing. 

TODAY’S interview with junior health minister Finian McGrath offers an unusual glimpse into the dynamics at play around the cabinet table. 

HIS presidency is barely eight months old but in that short time some of Donald Trump’s performances have been so bizarre, so unhinged, that many of those who care for democracy have decided to look away, to hope that this strange episode will pass quickly and that America will, at the first opportunity, elect a competent, sane leader, be they Republican or Democrat.