Sometimes the future can be writ large. So it was for music journalist Jon Landeau one evening in 1974, when he went to a gig in Cambridge, Massachusetts and was blown away. “I saw my rock and roll past flash before my eyes,” he wrote.

At the party ard fheis in the Athlone-based Technological University Shannonside (TUS), there was standing room only

America's operation as a democracy must be having the autocratic heavyweights around the world falling around the place with mirth

With sufficient funds, a certain ‘elasticity’ in the US legal system means that outrageous claims can be entertained in court

Mark Lawlor’s violent death is likely to elicit recommendations on how better to do things in the future but there have been many before, and the future looks no better

After 50 years of dealing with a societal issue through the lens of the criminal justice system, change is not going to be easy — but the Citizens' Assembly has made a good start

A Garda team is reviewing a cold case murder, an associated revenge murder, and potential garda brutality and perjury. But will they investigate one of their own with a legendary reputation, even if they are deceased? Mick Clifford writes

Last Saturday an outrage against humanity was committed when Hamas fighters crossed from Gaza into Israel and went on a killing spree.   Civilians were shot dead randomly. Women were sexually assaulted.

Every now and again, something pops up to indicate how unserious many in politics are about governing. This week it was back to basics with the most rudimentary aspect of governance: Taxation.

One of the most astute, albeit depressing, comments to emerge from the debacle that was the Brexit referendum was delivered by Michael Gove.