TWENTY thousand people marched through Dublin on Saturday. A small number of them were people in crisis housing situations, but the vast majority were people marching in solidarity. That’s six people marching for each homeless child in Ireland, writes Fergus Finlay. 

Irish Catholicism is visibly dying ... its decline is, in my opinion, irreversible, says Fergus Finlay.

It’s said Trump wants to be his own chief of staff... that can only happen if he gets rid of John Kelly, writes Fergus Finlay. 

Sometimes when you have to cope with the first world problems we deal with these days, you forget how lucky we are. 

Her public persona was charming, but behind the scenes she radiated a cold determination to win, writes Fergus Finlay

When tens of thousands of children are lost, there doesn’t seem to be any problem at all, writes Fergus Finlay.

A tribe derives its identity not just from its own culture, but from opposing the culture of the other, writes Fergus Finlay 

I’ve never met Orla Tinsley, for example, but my admiration for her is boundless, writes Fergus Finlay. 

Why is my birthday so unpopular? It’s only the 314th ranked birthday in the country, according to the CSO.

Parents are to blame. Children are to blame. Government, as usual, is to blame. The perpetrators, of course, are to blame, writes Fergus Finlay.