Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, open societies were triumphant and international co-operation became the dominant creed. Thirty years later, however, nationalism has turned out to be much more powerful and disruptive than internationalism, writes George Soros

The son of the remarkable woman known as Ireland's Oskar Schindler, who is crediting with saving the lives hundreds of Jewish children from Nazi death camps, said it is better to build bridges than walls.

The IMF is in a better place to spot "financial vulnerabilities" that led to the global baking crisis over 10 years ago by monitoring businesses, and markets, and the spending by households and governments around the world, the fund has said.

Here is a selection of people who have moved into interesting new roles.

Who needs pregnancy, nappies, school runs and incontinence pants? And that’s just the children, says Aileen C. O’Reilly.

The election of Ursula von der Leyen as European Commission president is a compromise that may yet herald an institutional power struggle, say Lionel Laurent and Paul Carrel.

A number of banks are doomed to fail if they don't adapt to the new realities of the finance industry.

You’re at work. The afternoon is dragging. You have a quick glance at your feed, do a swift update, maybe answer a message about what you’re doing later, then get back to the task at hand. Is this wrong?

German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen has been nominated by EU leaders to replace Jean Claude Juncker to head the European Commission.

UK workers took a hit from the Brexit-related depreciation in the pound in the form of lower wages and training, according to an academic paper.

A new book wants us to distinguish between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ experiences to help us spend our free time in ways that lead to more health and happiness, says Helen O’Callaghan

There would be no chance of a US-UK trade deal if there was any weakening of the Good Friday Agreement, a senior American politician has said.

UK firefighters tackled a series of blazes across Britain during record-breaking temperatures yesterday.

A humanitarian volunteer from Ireland who was earlier this year arrested on suspicion of human trafficking in Greece has been reunited with his mother for Christmas.

Pre-school children need to be taught IT skills or Ireland will fall well behind emerging digital economies such as Vietnam, a world-renowned economist has warned.

The aunt of a Cork aid worker held on people-trafficking charges in Greece has said the family thought at first his arrest was a joke.

Groups working at the coalface of the drugs problem are to lead calls today and tomorrow, in Dublin and Cork, for the decriminalisation of drug possession.

Ireland’s legal system compares favourably to the rest of Europe, but attempts to overhaul the process of judicial recruitment threaten to undermine recent reform, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

Teenagers are 30% more likely to send sexually explicit images to each other by the time they start the Leaving Certificate cycle than when they first enter secondary school.

Peter Sutherland, who has died aged 71, was an exceptional Irishman. He held senior positions in law, business, and government.

It was her action, or inaction while in Justice that finally led to Frances Fitzgerald’s downfall, writes Elaine Loughlin

Our addiction to social media and online services means multinationals are capable of targeting us to sell their products and services. Áilín Quinlan asks if we need stronger checks on their power.

The British government has said that it was incorrect to infer that its ‘Help-to-Buy’ scheme, aimed at boosting home ownership, would be cancelled after a review of the programme.

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The London School of Economics this week published a cheerful report under the title Does Money Affect Children’s Outcomes? An Update.

IDA: Brexit should see foreign investment boost.

The return of a hard border between the Republic and Northern Ireland is “inevitable” and will disrupt trade and harm the economy, a leading economist has warned ahead of his lecture in Cork this week.

O’Donovan Rossa’s great grandsons have made a documentary about their ancestor. It shows at Cork Film Festival, writes Ellie O’Byrne

He has been re-elected leader of the British Labour party, despite a coup attempt, because he wants a fair society for everyone, says Tom O’Connor

Not all countries in the Middle East aspire to a western-style democratic model and it is this misunderstanding of people’s needs that has led to the inexorable rise of IS, writes JP O’Malley.

Our labour market has been tightening for some time and surprise, surprise, employers are starting to display considerable interest in the welfare of the people on their payroll, particularly those with portable skills.

A conference later today will call for the regularisation of thousands of undocumented people living in Ireland and will hear the majority are working and have been living here for more than five years.

My first experience of the sharp end of Revenue collection enforcement came when I was still in secondary school. Some of the other lads and I clubbed together to buy a few singles from a mail-order outfit in the US.

A British exit from the EU would wipe as much as £6,400 (€8,144) from average household incomes in the UK as trade deals sour, according to research by the London School of Economics.

A dog IQ test has been developed by scientists who say it could pave the way for breakthroughs in our understanding of the link between intelligence and health.

A Maoist cult leader faces the prospect of dying in jail after being found guilty of sexually assaulting two women and imprisoning his own daughter in the commune for 30 years.