Shock departure highlights again the need for the State to take direct responsibility for our most vulnerable citizens

Law graduate Shane O'Farrell was hit by a driver out on bail when cycling near his home in Carrickmacross in 2011

Emergency powers have been extended to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic but the government remains unwilling to bring in powers which could lead to real change in the housing emergency.

A report completed last year by consultants PWC concluded that “the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority is not working effectively and requires urgent attention"

The self-styled song and dance man turns 80 on Monday so maybe it’s time to come clean about his input into tales of dodgy rezoning and brown envelopes.

Politicians should not concern themselves with planning matters, not least when it comes to proposals that seem to fly in the face of climate policy, says Michael Clifford

Locked out of the housing market, paying exorbitant rents and working in insecure, badly paid jobs, the only real alternative to the politics that has prevailed over the lowering of young people's expectations and prospects is the left-wing brand of populism espoused by the main opposition party

The case before Limerick District Court will be the first in which gardaí are charged with perverting the course of justice for fixing road traffic tickets, writes Michael Clifford

Not so long ago, he was the guy who wasn’t Donald Trump.  Joe Biden’s bid for the US presidency was, to a large extent, based on that premise.  He didn’t excite the way that Barak Obama had in 2008. He just offered the prospect of not dividing further.

The manner in which land is rezoned has contributed hugely to the unaffordability of housing