Mervyn Taylor was the most hard-working and diffident minister I've ever known — it's thanks to his hard work that thousands of people have been freed from miserable marriages since 1995

Europe, with one voice, must confront Trump. No more pandering, no more 'we agree with you Mr President but', writes Fergus Finlay

An aspect of Ivana Bacik's speech at the Labour conference last weekend felt more like something Mary-Lou McDonald would say, writes Fergus Finlay 

Behind the flags there is more than racism. We need to debate this — and we need to do it honestly

There’ll be all sorts of tributes paid to Sister Stan in the coming days, every one thoroughly well-deserved.

Connolly’s victory was decisive but exposed deep flaws in Ireland’s presidential process — and the anger now consuming public debate

I can think of nothing less democratic than spending resources on trying to persuade people to waste their vote

We give millions in taxpayers' money each year to Ireland's richest men, while a tiny number of greyhound racing enthusiasts have us all on the hook, writes Fergus Finlay

This tawdry mess is throwing a cloud over the office of the presidency, and now our choices are unacceptably narrow 

Throughout that period of government, the thing that bound Martin and I close together was the peace process, writes Fergus Finlay