It has become a thankless job, especially in more recent times, with a heavy cross to bear when things don’t go to plan; and little seems to be going their way right now

HANGING on a wall in Benjamin Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem is a portrait of Winston Churchill.

This Government has made many mistakes but perhaps its biggest has been its failure to remain connected to those who voted for them

This Government has made many mistakes but perhaps its biggest mistake has been its failure to remain connected to those who voted for them

Presidential candidate is pandering to America's powerful gun lobby — that's a lot of votes from the millions of people who think a loaded gun is the only way to protect themselves

When we lose sight of the past and what our experiences have taught us, then thoughts of the future distress us

If the Government has one thing in common with RTÉ, it’s chaotic governance

I often ask myself why a man would want to become a priest in today’s Ireland

Shoplifting is not regarded as a crime by many people who engage in it. As they see it, it's not the same as a mugging, or an armed post office heist. It's become a blurred middle-class misnomer: No one gets injured. 

With the artist a dead cert to win in Malmö, RTÉ's bean counters must be quaking in their Louis Vuittons at the possibility of such an outcome, and what it entails for an already flat-broke broadcaster