BACK in March of last year, I got a series of calls from a man in north Cork. 

A self-respecting nation should relieve the burden imposed on the most vulnerable writes Michael Clifford

ONCE UPON a Celtic Tiger time, I attended a Fianna Fáil Cairde dinner. This was in 2006, at the height of the bubble. The dinner was an annual knees-up for friends of the Soldiers of Destiny.

THE media was all over the news last week, says Michael Clifford.

Saturday’s water protest was the first real manifestation of an effort to organise on the left of the political spectrum and a seething electorate may grant it some success, writes Michael Clifford.

If there is one constant in Irish politics, it is the electorate’s wish to get fooled again with more promises, writes Michael Clifford

St Luke’s walls have witnessed more intrigue than a box-set of House of Cards, writes Michael Cifford

Special Correspondent Michael Clifford looks at the possible fallout for Sinn Féin following

The decision to indefinitely delay the publication of the report into whether the former Garda commissioner is treating the electorate with disrespect, writes Michael Clifford

IS Paul Howard an evil genius who manufactured the siege of Vico Road for his own ends? Howard is the prolific author of the Ross O’Carroll Kelly columns and novels.