Here’s a review of the mad, the bad, the sad, and the funny that the year brought us

Is terror a physical feeling or an emotion? Before the conditions arose that caused me to consider this question, I was in Paris-Beauvais Airport having a lovely chat with two young female teachers.

'We have to be heard, we want the cycle to change, the law must change'

You can see the idea smouldering like the cars and buses in the recent riots.

With regard to the rise of the far-right here, hysteria serves no one but complacency is not our friend

Our challenge remains to use the law to prevent hate speech, but not in a way that unduly curbs or politicises free speech

Since the outbreak of Israel-Hamas war the internet has been flooded with disinformation, misinformation, fabrications, and doctored imagery

We live in a time of migration. In the past decade, the global refugee crisis has more than doubled. According to UNHCR data, last year more than 1. 2% of the global population left their homes through forced migration.

Plenty of adults enjoy porn as part of a fun and engaging sex life. Where the problem arises is how commercial porn is produced and who’s watching it, writes Sarah Harte

In the wake of Storm Babet — and with the prospect of further similar disasters — Ireland has to re-examine how it organises planning, forecasting, and insurance