Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has denied his Government is deliberately hiding its real no deal Brexit border plans, claiming the allegation is a "conspiracy theory".

Neutrality does not suffice in a world dominated by the US and China, and with the far right resurgent, Ireland must stand up for the values of the European Union, says Malcolm Byrne.

This Megane is a handsome thing, what with a muscular stance, wide wheel arches, deep front airdam incorporating funky RS lights, a rear diffuser with central exhaust and 19” alloys, writes Declan Colley.

I’ve been writing this column since Bill Clinton lied about a blow job in the Oval Office, spurring my sister to write her doctoral thesis about the role of the special prosecutor, then Kenneth Starr.

By now a well-established party in the biggest tent in the country, last night saw the return of perennial favourites The Coronas to rock the Marquee.

Any worthwhile relationship can withstand an honest conversation. The best relationships are empowered when directness replaces fudge; when a spade is called a spade.

Joe McNamee travels the country for his wrap of some of the best food festivals coming our way this summer.

Last year, Democrats and Republicans alike agreed that if anyone could bring order to the Trump White House, it was the retired four-star US Marine general. Were they wrong?

Government has zero legitimacy in criticising the commentary around housing, until real improvement can be shown, writes Alison O’Connor

DESPITE the sobering lessons inflicted on crystal ball gazers by Brexit, the elevation of President Trump and humiliation of Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May in last June’s

A Chinese invasion of North Korea or at least a forced regime change is not as unlikely as most people might think and could help ‘Make China Great Again’, writes Bill Emmott.

We just knew that the best interests of the operation of the gardaí would conflate with those of Lord Ross, writes Michael Clifford.

XOXOXO (Hugs and Kisses): Although you might have only seen it at the end of texts or WhatsApps, it has a storied history, writes Colm O’Regan. 

It’s all designed to boost the entity purveying the populism rather than the cohort it’s aimed at, writes Michael Clifford.

A Sheffield university academic penned a rather silly piece on ‘The Conversation’ website the other week, comparing Donald Trump’s media management technique to that of José Mourinho. 

Trump’s election has continued a trend in the US of dumbing down political life that has pushed the country down a perilous path, writes Nina Khrushcheva.

Seemingly, the Trumpian dynamic has its limits.

Here we are, back again to those regular bedfellows, the bantz and the ‘controvassy’.