What happened to Gino Kenny’s bill on medicinal cannabis was another example of extremely poor parliamentary work, writes Fergus Finlay

I’m pretty certain though that all the stuff about tight fiscal space will be upended on budget day, writes Fergus Finlay

The people in the dock were either going to emerge as heroes or as martyrs, writes Fergus Finlay.

It’s as clear as it can be that Donald Trump’s first instinct, in almost any situation, is to reach for a lie, writes Fergus Finlay

So I’m reading a report. Unicef published it on Monday, and it says a lot of scarifying — even shaming — things about how children are doing in the rich countries of the world.

Our next-door neighbour is in the biggest mess it has been in peacetime... Fergus Finlay says you couldn’t make it up.

I’ve just finished reading a book that has made me realise there’s still a pile of stuff I don’t know about, writes Fergus Finlay

According to Barnardos there are more than 10,000 children on HSE waiting lists for an initial speech and language assessment. It would cost a measly €268m over five years to hire the professionals to fix these waiting lists, writes Fergus Finlay

Set out to break down barriers. Not the trendy ones, but the really insurmountable barriers, says Fergus Finlay.

It’s going to be like the football premiership, with managers on a permanent merry-go-round, writes Fergus Finlay