Because of men, the absolute minimum that we have to do right now is apologise to Natasha O’Brien

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If Joe Joyce would be sardonic about us, I can only wonder what he’d say about general election over in Britain, writes Fergus Finlay

We need to celebrate our democracy and strengthen it. So whatever way you vote, vote!

There was a time in Ireland when elections like these created excitement, even a bit of pizzazz

I was a political adviser for many years, and a bloody good one (sometimes, anyway!). I never thought I’d find myself offering advice to a Fine Gael Taoiseach, but someone has to show him how to make real progress with the housing crisis.

Hate-mongering is everywhere on social media, growing every day. As Taoiseach, you need to confront it. Take a stand on the Hate Bill now

Change won’t happen because of an exciting campaign, awash with Labour promises and vision — it will happen because, after 14 years of incompetence, corruption, and betrayal, the people of Britain hate the Tories

Joe Biden has to beat Donald Trump the hard way. Old-fashioned campaigning, standing on a soapbox when he has to, fighting for every single vote.

We could wake up some morning and find the far right has planted a foothold in our democracy while we were all looking the other way