I was raised on Charles Dickens, by a mother who believed his books were children’s stories. But actually an awful lot of Dickens is grim.

Social democracy has allowed itself to be marginalised and it needs to fight back, writes Fergus Finlay

Donald Trump is a bad man who won the US Presidency by tapping into something dark and different in the American psyche. That’s not the basis for an enduring movement

It’s crucial for America that Trump is replaced by someone who wants to bind up the country’s wounds, writes Fergus Finlay

The Dáil and the Seanad owe a debt to the women and children involved. They owe them the truth, writes Fergus Finlay

With record numbers of Covid-19 cases of infection being reported on an almost daily basis we need to knuckle down to prevent more deaths, says Fergus Finlay

The pandemic feels threatening to many elderly people and the thing that threatens them most is you, writes Fergus Finlay

I need to write about this as one of thousands of parents, and also as a citizen. I’m going to try to be as objective as possible, even though a lot of it makes my blood boil

US election beginning to look like the most consequential, most dramatic and most unforgettable political month in a long time

Our health experts aren’t moving anything. They only want to kill a virus that doesn’t care how many of us it kills