X

Sign in

Try from €1.50 / week

SUBSCRIBE
Irish Examiner Logo

Try from €1.50 / week

SUBSCRIBE
  • 
  •  

    Sign in Subscribe
  • subscriber
  • news
    Ireland Munster Cork World Court & Crime Politics Climate & Sustainability History Spotlight Watch Now Longread In Pictures Photos of the Week Obituaries News - Subscriber Content
  • sport
    GAA Soccer Rugby Racing Golf Business Of Sport Other Sports Cork Sport Live Sport Sport Columnists Sport - Top Picks Sports Calendar Sport - Subscriber Content
  • lifestyle
    ieFOOD Health & Wellbeing Arts & Culture Books Outdoors Fashion & Beauty Parenting Parenting Podcast Advice Travel People Celebrity Motoring Lifestyle - Subscriber Content
  • business
    Budget 2026 Companies Economy Farming Munster Business Cork Business Technology ieBusiness Podcast Business - Subscriber Content
  • property
    Residential Commercial Development & Construction Home & Gardens Property & Home - Subscriber Content
  • opinion
    Columnists Comment & Analysis Our View Your View Opinion - Subscriber Content
  • LISTEN
    The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast GAA Podcasts The full story podcast Rugby Podcast The ieBusiness Podcast The Mick Clifford Podcast Politics Podcast Subscriber Podcasts
  • Puzzles
  • MORE 
    Archive Competitions Contact Us ePaper Helplines MyHome.ie Newsletters Newspaper books Photosales Place ad Podcasts Puzzles Recruit Ireland Sponsored Showcase Sponsored Reports Subscribe Weather Who We Are
  • Cookie settings
  • Ireland Munster Cork World Court & Crime Politics Climate & Sustainability History Spotlight Watch Now Longread In Pictures Photos of the Week Obituaries News - Subscriber Content
  • GAA Soccer Rugby Racing Golf Business Of Sport Other Sports Cork Sport Live Sport Sport Columnists Sport - Top Picks Sports Calendar Sport - Subscriber Content
  • ieFOOD Health & Wellbeing Arts & Culture Books Outdoors Fashion & Beauty Parenting Parenting Podcast Advice Travel People Celebrity Motoring Lifestyle - Subscriber Content
  • Budget 2026 Companies Economy Farming Munster Business Cork Business Technology ieBusiness Podcast Business - Subscriber Content
  • Residential Commercial Development & Construction Home & Gardens Property & Home - Subscriber Content
  • Columnists Comment & Analysis Our View Your View Opinion - Subscriber Content
  • The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast GAA Podcasts The full story podcast Rugby Podcast The ieBusiness Podcast The Mick Clifford Podcast Politics Podcast Subscriber Podcasts
  • Archive Competitions Contact Us ePaper Helplines MyHome.ie Newsletters Newspaper books Photosales Place ad Podcasts Puzzles Recruit Ireland Sponsored Showcase Sponsored Reports Subscribe Weather Who We Are
  • news
  • sport
  • lifestyle
  • business
  • opinion

  • IN FOCUS:
  • Donald Trump
  • Fianna Fáil
  • Catherine Connolly
  • Gaza
  • Ukraine
  • Farming
  • ieExplains
  • ieVideo
  • Subscribe
  • Puzzles
  • Weather
Michael Clifford
Mick Clifford
Mick Clifford: Complacency is threatening our future
Mick Clifford: Complacency is threatening our future
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.

Sat, 18 Nov, 2023

Mick Clifford: Whatever way you look at it, Sinn Féin is on a roll 
S Mick Clifford: Whatever way you look at it, Sinn Féin is on a roll 
At the party ard fheis in the Athlone-based Technological University Shannonside (TUS), there was standing room only

Sun, 12 Nov, 2023

Mick Clifford: Looking at the US, it’s no wonder autocratic figures are feeling good 
Mick Clifford: Looking at the US, it’s no wonder autocratic figures are feeling good 
America's operation as a democracy must be having the autocratic heavyweights around the world falling around the place with mirth

Sun, 12 Nov, 2023

Mick Clifford: Martens pair used their money for maximum gain
S Mick Clifford: Martens pair used their money for maximum gain
With sufficient funds, a certain ‘elasticity’ in the US legal system means that outrageous claims can be entertained in court

Fri, 10 Nov, 2023

MARK LAWLOR
Mick Clifford: Criminal justice system's blind indifference to human suffering
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

Sat, 04 Nov, 2023

Man Desperate and Alone
S Mick Clifford: Time to stop criminalising addicts and have a grown-up policy on drugs
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

Sun, 29 Oct, 2023

Una Lynskey cold case review may raise more questions for gardaí than deliver answers
Una Lynskey cold case review may raise more questions for gardaí than deliver answers
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

Tue, 17 Oct, 2023

Irish Israel solidarity rally - Dublin
Mick Clifford: Too simplistic to say Israel-Hamas war is a good versus evil conflict
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.

 Listen | Sun, 15 Oct, 2023

 Listen |
Mick Clifford: Certain sections expected to carry a greater burden
Mick Clifford: Certain sections expected to carry a greater burden
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.

Sun, 08 Oct, 2023

Missing woman
Mick Clifford: Concerns over gender service are being ignored
One of the most astute, albeit depressing, comments to emerge from the debacle that was the Brexit referendum was delivered by Michael Gove.

Sat, 30 Sep, 2023

  • « Previous
  • Previous
  • 14
  • Next

Latest

  • Number of housing sites with nothing done since filing of commencement notice trebles

  • Cork anti-immigration activist Ross Lahive given a month to decide plea in garda harassment case

  • Rassie Erasmus: 'We understand we are the red meat that you guys want to eat'

  • A good walk rewarded: Our top 10 golf course photos of 2025

https://newsbrandsireland.ie/ https://www.presscouncil.ie https://iabireland.ie/iab-ireland-publishers-commercial-charter/
news
  • Ireland
  • Munster
  • Court & Crime
  • Spotlight
  • World
sport
  • GAA
  • Soccer
  • Rugby
  • Racing
  • Golf
  • Other Sports
  • Podcasts
business
  • Economy
  • Companies
  • Munster Business
  • Farming
  • Technology
opinion
  • Columnists
  • Comment & Analysis
  • Our View
  • Your View
Help
  • FAQ
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Brand Safety
  • Cookie Policy
  • Cookie Settings
  • Push Notification Preferences
  • Mobile
  • Subscriptions
Info
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Home delivery
  • RSS
  • Newsletters
  • Place ad
  • Who We Are

© Examiner Echo Group Limited, Linn Dubh, Assumption Road, Blackpool, Cork. Registered in Ireland: 523712.

Cookie Policy Privacy Policy Brand Safety FAQ Help Contact Us Terms and Conditions

© Examiner Echo Group Limited