Just as Trump was lucky in 2016 that Hillary Clinton was unpopular with swathes of the electorate, so too is Joe this year, says Michael Clifford

Elizabeth Berney was glad to see the last political embers from the Civil War that had divided her family quenched with the formation of the Government this year, writes Michael Clifford

"Last Saturday, I wrote about a gathering of the National Party outside Leinster House. I have absolutely no regrets about what I wrote"

While Ian Bailey will enjoy a huge surge of relief, Ms Du Plantier’s family will be distraught

The fraying of social solidarity, the partial loss of perspective is having a negative impact on tackling the virus, writes Michael Clifford

The Dying with Dignity bill contains the last big question to be answered in the moral/human rights area since the country emerged from the authoritarian grip exercised by the partnership of Church and State.

Solidarity has been at a premium since last March. Solidarity is the best, and possibly only, defence against the virus. Solidarity prompts everybody to do their bit for the greater good. The last week has not been a good one for solidarity.

After an independent investigation concluded that three prison officers had undermined senior colleagues, possibly putting their safety in danger, by making disparaging and untrue comments about them to some of the most dangerous criminals in the State, the investigator’s report was  retained in headquarters,  without follow-up actions, for eight months, reports Michael Clifford

Further examination is required to find out what exactly is going on behind the prison walls of the Dóchas centre 

Here’s a little vignette about where the media stands today.  Around 7pm on August 21, the Irish Examiner website broke the story that would come to be known as 'Golfgate'.