What if Pearse and Connolly had survived? Perhaps the first item on the agenda would have been a split, writes Gerard Howlin

There is a lot of furrowed browed tut-tutting about the rise of an unhouse-trained ‘nihilist’ left, writes Gerard Howlin

Proposals put forward for the strengthening of the Dáil should be pursued, argues Gerard Howlin

Pouring money into unreformed public services delivering poor value and little accountability is futile, writes Gerard Howlin

If narcissism is a result of being unloved, it explains the quandary of Fine Gael and Labour, writes Gerard Howlin