On the North-South Interconnector, the fact is that we have outdone David Davis on backsliding, writes Gerard Howlin.

In embracing Brexit, the DUP has placed itself and the union in hock to London, to an unprecedented extent, writes Gerard Howlin

Micheál Martin was born under a lucky star. It’s called Fine Gael. He inherited a once-great political edifice in ruins and his own reputation in tatters. Nothing survived the deluge, writes Gerard Howlin.

The real battleground for the next election is rural Ireland, and that’s power, writes Gerard Howlin.

This Saturday at 8.30pm the Sinn Féin ard fheis will go live on RTÉ from the RDS. Gerry Adams will share his intentions and timeline for stepping down as party leader, writes Gerard Howlin. 

There is something of George Orwell’s Animal Farm about the arts — “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”.

What’s planned and funded won’t catch up on, let alone pass out, what’s coming, writes Gerard Howlin

Irish Water needs €5.5bn up to 2021 and that is only to start, but the funds now will have to come from the same purse as health and education, writes Gerard Howlin

After Ophelia, and especially after a Fianna Fáil ard fheis, don’t forget that the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China opens in Beijing today. It may be more important.

There may be collaboration on the budget, but there is deadly political competition between the two big centre parties, writes Gerard Howlin.