There is no ‘Them’ and ‘Us’ in a representative democracy. People’s power rests in their vote, writes Victoria White

The new Dáil, however it is composed, will have only a short window of time to engage with critically important climate change issues, says Cara Augustenborg

Plans to locate a Starbucks to a much loved listed building in Cork has provoked outrage in some quarters. Ed Power looks at yet another US behemoth that is loved and loathed.

It is widely accepted that water will be the “oil of the 21st century”. It follows that the ownership and control of these resources will be critical.

Cork Film Festival will show a new documentary next Sunday that makes an impassioned plea for a species’ survival and a river’s future, Jack Power reports

SWEETS for babbies. I know that’s a harsh assessment of Tuesday’s budget, but we have endured too much to be faced now with more of the same.

Naomi Klein

Eamon Dunphy perpetual trophy for post-match entertainment: Davy Fitz

THE results of one of the most interesting experiments in wine are right there under your nose in about 350 off-licences around the country.

I READ in a Sunday newspaper that 8 out of 10 CEOs were going to cut jobs this year.

The crisis on Wall Street has been good for books about financial disasters.

Trinity College has opted to keep abreast of liberal economics rather than spend an evening with a silicon enhanced star of TV’s Baywatch.