The Labour Party lost two former general secretaries in the last few days, both of whom left an undeniable mark on his country, writes Fergus Finlay

The ASAI bans adverts for tampons but allows banks send out dubious messaging to the public, writes Fergus Finlay

We’ve made such progress in ending discrimination in Ireland in recent years. But still, there is one group of people left out. All these years later, disability live still don’t matter.

A political myth, although generally false, requires a grain of truth but a mantra needs so much repetition to be assumed a fact, writes Fergus Finlay

When I heard Roderic O’Gorman was the new children’s minister, I thought, ‘Who is he?’, writes Fergus Finlay

I agree with the proposition that if a friend dies, it’s the right thing to do, assuming you can, to go to that friend’s funeral and honour him or her.

This is going to make for one of the most complicated relationships in our political history, writes Fergus Finlay

Jean Kennedy Smith was instrumental, and significantly so, in the first IRA ceasefire, writes Fergus Finlay

It will be a considerable achievement if they can get on with each other enough to get the job done, writes Fergus Finlay

Some of us wouldn’t have survived without the support of others, writes Fergus Finlay