In one vital respect, we are all in Leo Varadkar’s debt, and he deserves a distinguished place in Ireland’s modern history. In another, he will be remembered, I think, for one colossal failure.

I imagine Leo Varadkar and Micheál Martin are under instructions never to look at X because it is so full of personal abuse

People who want to live independent lives despite disability are in exactly the same place today as they were before the referendum campaign started

You become immune, don’t you? I can’t remember when I last saw anything as awful, as cruel and terrible, as the Israeli assault on the women and children of Gaza.

Bishops worried that removing the outdated and sexist language about women in the home might represent a failure to recognise the care, love, and affection that women bring to the home

We know that a significant State company was run for a number of years by a group of people who either didn’t know or didn’t care about governance

Whether it’s fair or unfair, cruel or kind, he has about a month to prove himself

People with disabilities are at the end of every queue, but a referendum no vote will do nothing whatever to remedy that

I have a black T-shirt that I’m really fond of. Sadly, my family won’t allow me to wear it in public. It’s not just barred from State occasions or anything requiring formality, I’m not even allowed to wear it around the park.

There’s a great public institution in Dublin that seldom gets much of a mention. It’s 110 years old, has been located in the same building more or less since the beginning, and it provides phenomenal services to the people of Dublin and beyond.