Politics is operating in a deeply unserious manner in a time of impending existential change

An emergency requires drastic action that will discommode many if not most sections of society. Yet, in housing, all we have seen is a few tweaks here and there

Corralling off Cork’s first three matches in the Munster Hurling Championship is questionable, and could, through some beady eyes on Leeside, appear to represent the makings of a conspiracy

Last weekend, the Sunday Independent ran a piece by psychotherapist Jacky Grainger. She wrote of what she was subjected to after co-authoring an article about a proposed conversion therapy ban bill three years ago.

Various speeches give the impression that government are acting contrary to the wishes of the vast majority of citizens for some nefarious reason

The behaviour of gardaí is now both under intense scrutiny and potentially subject to serious disinformation campaigns

Committee members and planners have highlighted some of the flaws they believe could hinder development if new legislation is introduced

It would be no bad thing if everybody who professes to care about standards in public life paused right now to reflect on where this might be going

At last, the Government seems intent on implementing a system in which a judge can decide on a minimum term, writes Mick Clifford

 Currently, an aggregate of opinion polls puts Independents on the same level as support as Fianna Fáil, at around 18%