Last January I made a number of suggestions that would help improve life in the city ... so where are we now?

My message to the next Dáil: When small operations which are rooted in their community close down, those communities are not quite the same afterwards, says Michael Moynihan

There must have been some kind of massed battle between baristas of various types on Patrick’s Street, with victory going to those fond of the diesel-flavoured coffee (or coffee-flavoured diesel)

The Cork sculpture honouring Rory Gallagher's memory is obscured by a litter bin. And then there's the experience of Donal Gallagher in trying to commemorate the rock star in his hometown...

The project now needs to be retendered, representing a further blow to the controversial centre which has been dogged by price overruns and delays

Lynx-eyed readers may have noticed from the paper this last week that I was in the US recently.

A hotel frequented by many a US president over the decades retains its reputation as the centre of Washington’s political life

Three years ago, the USA’s centre of democracy was hijacked in an extraordinary fashion — is a repeat on the way?

In Trump world, factors such as economic indicators, never mind fitness for office, are immaterial. The personality is all that matters to the cult, writes Michael Moynihan

The collapse in western civilisation’s long-held ethical system is due to the corrosive effect of a simple mindset: the world revolves around me