EVERYONE who knew Ross Coakley, especially as he approached the end of his life, respected and admired him, writes Fergus Finlay

Every third level college in Ireland keeps the points for a number of their courses artificially high, with the points system nothing more than a rationing process, writes Fergus Finlay.

It may, right now, seem a bit inconsequential, but we are going to choose a President

On average, it’s €355 for a child starting school — that’s more than €1,000 if you have three children, writes Fergus Finlay.

They decided to devote it all - all of the resources they inherited - to buying every election they possibly could, writes Fergus Finlay

Weddings are one of the few places now wheere generations come together, says Fergus Finlay.

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