If Britain can leave with a better deal than it had when it was a member, that’s the end of the EU, writes Fergus Finlay

I joined the Labour Party as an ordinary member in my early 20s, and I’ve been a member now for not far short of half a century.

This is a week I always look forward to. On Friday, we’re having our national collection — Barnardos, that is. 

Trump will dismiss any opposition as petty spite, and tell the world that the true Irish loved him, writes Fergus Finlay

Leo Varadkar’s speech on Saturday was a powerful affirmation of what a modern Ireland must look like, says Fergus Finlay.

Shame was the base and the root of the Church’s power. But not their shame... but of their victims, writes Fergus Finlay

The housing crisis is the result of 20 years of bad politics... bad political choices and bad ideology, writes Fergus Finlay.

I love the west coast of Ireland. I’ve written here before about the south-west and all the things that capture me every time I go there. 

There are times when exasperation isn’t enough. Times when it’s almost necessary, for the sake of mental health, to curse and swear aloud. 

So we’re going to have an election for the office of the presidency. That’s very good news. As of now, it’s likely to be a two-candidate race, with a strong possibility of a third (maybe even a fourth) comingthrough the local authority route. That’s better.