We have a warped relationship with home ownership in this country. We see it as a socialist stance to demand our own cabin rather than pay rent to the hated landlord.

Newly declassified files have revealed that Dublin's most senior intelligence official advised the government that a Northern Ireland mountain may be hiding US nuclear weapons.

The Irish Government raised concerns over claims made by a British Conservative minister that some lawyers in Northern Ireland were “unduly sympathetic to the IRA”, weeks before Pat Finucane was killed.

Three little words, “Yes, We Can”, were all it took for Barack Obama to win the US presidency in 2008.

In an industry where women battle ageism and sexism, Meryl Streep has managed to decide her own destiny – and roles, writes Suzanne Harrington

At a moment when the prospect of a renewed border on this island stirs old ghosts, Germany — and all of Europe — will, in the coming days, mark the 30th anniversary of the collapse of one of the continent’s most toxic icons, the Berlin Wall.

There are many reasons why even the oldest democracies, such as the US and Britain, are increasingly riven by tribal hatreds. But when political leaders deliberately exploit these rifts and whip up hostile emotions even further, they do immense harm to the institutions that guarantee people’s freedom and safety, writes Ian Buruma

The DUP’s Jeffrey Donaldson has called on the Irish courts and the Irish government to facilitate any extradition request for controversial former priest Patrick Ryan who confessed his involvement with the Brighton bombing on a BBC programme which is to be broadcast on Tuesday night.

The Conservative Party has shared a picture of Jeremy Corbyn dressed as a chicken, captioned: “Hey @KFC_UKI, we’ve found an even bigger chicken than you.”

Johnson and Trump think sleeplessness makes them unique and uniquely powerful, says Terry Prone.

As Soft Cell release a film from their ‘one-off’ reunion concert, Marc Almond tells Alex Green how the group were about much more than Tainted Love and the sleazier side of Soho

The latest news on events happening in the art and antiques world.

Paul Rouse The extraordinary sums of money that now swirl around the Premier League in England are driven by television.

The UK’s new prime minister seems intent on refashioning his party in the image of the majority that voted for Brexit. First, he needs to win an election, says

Margaret Thatcher was reported to have said that a man over the age of 30 taking the bus could consider himself a failure.

Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t. The Taoiseach, that is.

Boris Johnson has been confirmed as the Conservative Party’s new leader – and the UK’s next prime minister.

What is still to come remains hidden. It may be suspected, but it isn’t known. Nothing could have prepared us for the apparent disintegration of Great Britain.

Ireland must do all it can to prevent being caught in Europe’s political slow lane as the leading contenders line up to run the EU and European Cental Bank, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

In four decades, she’s released more than 20 albums, written two books, appeared in 10 feature films and over 40 stage plays.

He sits like his dad, uses his sayings, even crosses his hands the way he used to. After years of rebelling against his father, Pat Fitzpatrick realises he’s become just like him

As she steps down as leader of the Conservative Party and sets in motion the process to select a new prime minister, it is timely to look at Theresa May’s legacy. Does she really have one? Sadly, the answer must be no.

US President Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK was offered with exceptional speed, from a position of weakness, writes Martin Farr.

There are myriad examples of how that vague, mercurial entity “the market” has not delivered on the promise of the better future its champions assured us was inevitable once we placed our faith in investors and entrepreneurs.

British water and power firms are trying to soothe nerves over nationalisation, in the event of a Labour government, although some fund managers and lawyers doubt so-called Corbyn-proofing will work.

If a decision to stand as a candidate in an election is an expression of optimism or frustration, of ambition or dissatisfaction, or as it seems at its simplest, a declaration of enduring faith in the political process, then the 59 Irish candidates who declared for the European elections before yesterday’s noon deadline suggest that a healthy belief in politics capacity to change or protect our world endures.

The referendum was in 2016 but the UK still doesn’t know when it is leaving the EU – or even if it is leaving at all. How did it all come to this, asks Christopher Fear

Chris Patten said he had reluctantly come to the conclusion that a new referendum was the only way to end the Brexit "shambles".

Margaret Thatcher accused the Irish Government of doing nothing to help extradite a priest who allegedly worked for the IRA, state papers have revealed.

Yanis Varoufakis says an enormous sense of anxiety pervades the Brexit debate but a People’s Debate is a democratic way of squaring this circle and solving many issues.

Taoiseach Charles Haughey told British prime minister Margaret Thatcher that the Irish government was ‘constantly ballyragged’ by the British and received ‘no credit’ for the work they had been doing, writes Seán McCárthaigh

Pat Fitzpatrick and Catherine Shanahan discuss raising their daughters in the midst of a critical moment in feminism.

HADN’T anticipated taking much comfort from this tepid shower of a presidential campaign but that’s what has happened. Peter Casey is the man responsible for it, writes Alison O’Connor. 

It is an extraordinary comment on the Conservative Party that they have made Jeremy Corbyn electable.Brexit could be the makings of a Corbyn primed to lead nation

It is an extraordinary comment on the Conservative Party that they have made Jeremy Corbyn electable.