An exploration of the past cannot be a question of one side, on the basis that it feels it was victimised, determining that it, and it alone, has a monopoly on remembering exactly how things were, writes Mick Clifford.

THREE books published in the last year provide major insights into the evolution of this country, two of which have huge resonance moving into the new year.

Mick Clifford gives us his round-up of some of the highlights and lowlights of 2021

Journalists have seen Twitter accounts postponed due to anonymous complaints about photos and videos, but are still subjected to abuse online, writes Mick Clifford

A growing cohort now see the party as best equipped to tackle inequality in this state, but many are not so keen on their policies about a United Ireland

A new man got the job of keeping an eye on the guards this week.   Judge Rory McCabe was appointed by the Government as chair of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSoc).

Having three Cabinet members photographed looking at a digitised version of history is about as serious as the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Anglo-Irish treaty gets

Good policing includes the application of natural justice and proportionality. Neither appears to be present in the case of the gardaí in Limerick who have been suspended since November 7 last year as part of an investigation by the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation into fixing road traffic tickets, writes Mick Clifford

Any evaluation of the premature departure from office of Frances Fitzgerald and Noirin O'Sullivan may fit neatly into a particular narrative but it cannot be done solely based on the findings of the Disclosures Tribunal, writes Mick Clifford

Divisions deepen following 'Irish Examiner' report on allegations of misgovernance