As the end of the Adams and McGuinness leadership of Sinn Féin looms on the horizon Gerard Howlin reviews a book that wonders if violent dissidents might succeed them

IRELAND could just about live in the bubble of women having no choice — but a woman unable even to choose not to die has turned that smug, little, self-satisfied world upside down.

"Omnishambles" has been named the word of the year in Britain after it was coined by the BBC political satire 'The Thick of It'.

Words used on reality shows and in social media are getting their official place in the English language.

Almost 60% of patients in public nursing homes have been prescribed a potentially inappropriate medicine, a study has found.

Defending Politics Why Democracy Matters in the Twenty-First Century

Young John McGahern: Becoming a Novelist

Some of the most popular lines we attribute to historical figures are in fact misquotes. Dan Buckley shares some of the classics

The reaction of the major faiths to intimate acts ranges from the bizarre to the insane, writes Suzanne Harrington

Words Alone: Yeats and his Inheritances, RF Foster, Oxford University Press, €22.95

COMMENTATORS on the bishops’ visit to Rome seem to imply that the chief sexual abusers of children are Catholic priests.

Expert gamblers are less prone to the cognitive biases that affect most of us and as a result, they can think about risk more clearly, according to a new report.

“UNFRIEND” has been unveiled as the word of the year in the US, to the presumed delight of socially selective lexicographers everywhere.

McDonald’s is launching a campaign to change the Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of a McJob.

FRENCH footballer Thierry Henry has prompted a new entry in the English dictionary, it emerged yesterday.

Seven men have escaped a maximum jail sentence despite taking part in the world's largest internet paedophile ring.