Labour effectively has about 10 critical constituencies to identify where it must fight for its life, writes Gerard Howlin

Only for the extraordinary consequences of ensuing events, we would never have been any wiser, writes Gerard Howlin

ENDA KENNY, Ireland’s most prominent Mayo man, will be hoping last Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final football clash with Dublin is a metaphor for his political life, writes Gerard Howlin. 

The guns may be silent most days now, but monsters, dinosaurs, and ghosts are everywhere, writes Gerard Howlin

Unpaid, they are a network of friends of Ireland, acting for the State around the world, writes Gerard Howlin

The decision we are seemingly determined to make, is return to where we were, writes Gerard Howlin

LAST Saturday, the Irish State re-enacted the oration of Padraig Pearse at the graveside of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa. 

The politics of yesterday’s decision by Eurostat are appalling for the Government. Don’t gloat, however. They are worse for the country, writes Gerard Howlin.

What Ireland has is vibrancy... But business needs to be minded, or it will go elsewhere again, writes Gerard Howlin

At the height of its pomp, Social Partnership insidiously undermined the constitutional role of the cabinet, writes Gerard Howlin