Legal change wouldn’t ever have come in time for Vicky Phelan, but its implementation, when promised, may have influenced the handling of her case, writes Gerard Howlin

Listening, especially listening live, to a symphony orchestra moving through waves of music at full sail is to be borne by sound to another world, writes Gerard Howlin.

The Dáil in session is a major platform for the opposition, which otherwise struggles for advantage over the Government, writes Gerard Howlin.

There is a lack of serious engagement with how we could swiftly transition to renewable sources, writes Gerard Howlin

On Easter weekend I was taken aback by two episodes of nastiness on social media, writes Gerard Howlin.

By early yesterday afternoon, the Tánaiste’s proposal for a two-thirds majority to protect in perpetuity changes he has influenced in the Government’s proposed abortion legislation lay tossed aside with the remains of lunch and the Strategic Communication Unit.

A REPORT slipped out into the ether of a holiday weekend, last Friday, without fanfare, but whose impact in the long-term will be second only to Brexit, writes Gerard Howlin.

Let me explain a fundamental fact to the former health minister Leo Varadkar, to whom “it is not entirely clear” why overcrowding in hospitals is increasing again.

Paying directly for water changes behaviour and by setting an example in one area, it points to better policy in others, writes Gerard Howlin

Stepping back further from the line, as distinct from being careful not to step over will be a factor in public conversation, writes Gerard Howlin.