How millions of priceless words lost in a fire were painstakingly recovered
The essential mission of anyone who takes the past seriously is “to make human understanding more profound”
Ulster is well acquainted with those who leave their homes on boats for hope of a better life
Moygashel fire is bitterly ironic given how central the migrant experience is to Ulster’s history
Has the public had enough of presidents like Michael D Higgins?
Presidential elections generate an acute interest in who and what we would like to symbolise our Republic
The GPO is not ‘sacred ground’. It’s so much more than that
There’s an opportunity to turn it into a building that can generate pride, and improve the perception of a space widely regarded as deficient and devoid of imagination
Ireland was a place where ruthless husbands were free to ‘bounce a boot off’ their wives
Researchers in the 1930s found that in some cases it was acceptable to beat a childless wife for being ‘barren’. Fifty years on, there’s no happy ending
How can we stop corporate gombeen men running amok again? Credit unions could be the answer
AIB said this week it owes an ‘immense debt of gratitude’ to the Irish taxpayer. Indeed it does
The great tragedy is there’s no political pendulum to restrain Israel’s Cromwellian impulses
What was deemed politically unacceptable by British imperialists a century ago is permitted today at hideous cost to the people of Gaza
Ryanair is greenwashing to a comical degree
Airlines will not reduce their carbon footprint if they dramatically increase the number of flights, whatever they say about cutting emissions per passenger
Ireland must not follow England’s example on maintaining waterways
England is accustomed to seeing rivers as a filthy threat, but we can’t let the same thing happen here
Was it for this craven display that London endured the Blitz?
The relentless focus on trade has skewed any determination to confront the terrifying echoes of the 1930s. Europeans should be much more vocal about it
Donald Trump’s chilling assault on universities mirrors that of the Nazis in 1930s Germany
Expect book burnings soon to further scapegoat the “enemies of the nation”
Mary MacSwiney by Leeann Lane: A revealing, well-researched and compelling biography of this patriot
Diarmaid Ferriter: A layered overview of what drove the formidable republican and how she was perceived
In Ireland, we are obsessed with the land – owning it, not roaming it
Ireland has no equivalent of the Swedish concept of Allemansrätten (everyone’s right to roam) or the 225,000 km of public rights of way in England and Wales
The hurt that dripped from Michael O’Brien and others has to be part of Pope Francis’s legacy
The personal experience he vividly outlined on RTÉ television in 2009 was part of the reason Francis’s visit to Ireland nine years later was so different from the previous Irish papal visit
Too many Irish teachers are wrecked and hate their jobs
There are too many wrecked teachers out there; too many hate their jobs; too many depart prematurely