Whether it’s fair or unfair, cruel or kind, he has about a month to prove himself

People with disabilities are at the end of every queue, but a referendum no vote will do nothing whatever to remedy that

I have a black T-shirt that I’m really fond of. Sadly, my family won’t allow me to wear it in public. It’s not just barred from State occasions or anything requiring formality, I’m not even allowed to wear it around the park.

There’s a great public institution in Dublin that seldom gets much of a mention. It’s 110 years old, has been located in the same building more or less since the beginning, and it provides phenomenal services to the people of Dublin and beyond.

Seven of the 10 biggest companies in the world — all of whom have profited from the energy crisis — has a billionaire as CEO or principal shareholder

So I got it in the end. I worked through the pandemic, I was involved in all sorts of decisions about how to protect public health, I became really proud of how Ireland responded to the curse of covid.

'I can barely think of anything redemptive or uplifting that happened in 2023. It was, in all sorts of ways, the worst of years'

When it comes to immigration and asylum seekers, we have to strip away — again and again — the rhetoric from the reality.

Connemara is one of the least likely places to ever be associated with the phrase ‘no room at the inn’, writes Fergus Finlay

I never thought it would be possible to utter the phrase ‘Sinn Féin, the law and order party’ in a sentence without everyone falling around the place