Cronyism is at the heart of Irish societyOpinion: Is there an Irish person who has never sniffed cronyism while job-seeking?Wed Oct 08 2014 - 12:01
Taoiseach’s contempt for the Seanad clear since he tried to abolish it a year agoOpinion: The genie was well out of the bottle before the concession by Kenny that the Seanad seat targeted for a thoroughly humiliated John McNulty ‘should not be accepted in those circumstances’Thu Oct 02 2014 - 08:32
‘You could not get into Fortress Garda,’ says former GSOC commissionerBrady’s disillusionment with limitations of office prompted his decision not to seek reappointmentThu Oct 02 2014 - 01:00
Colm Tóibín: I start and I finishHe loves long nights, sing-songs and money but is deadly serious about his writing, his teaching and learning to live with his ‘demons’Sat Sept 27 2014 - 01:00
The prime of Prof Louise Richardson, the Irish president of St Andrews UniversityOn the same day as the Scottish referendum, a secret ballot at the Royal and Ancient golf club of St Andrews will decide on whether it will accept female members, including the president of neighbouring St Andrew’s university, Irishwoman Louise RichardsonSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:00
Longford meets Dublin 4 in remembering Albert ReynoldsPeople paid their respects to the late former taoiseach at Donnybrook churchMon Aug 25 2014 - 01:00
Longford man who brought razzmatazz to midlands IrelandWhile getting on with his countless other schemes he became a central figure in oursFri Aug 22 2014 - 01:00
Lissadell House: quiches at dawnLissadell is open to the public again. For the Walsh Cassidy family that means a summer of baking, gardening and building, but they wouldn’t have it any other way, writes Kathy SheridanSat Aug 02 2014 - 01:00
Who’s in favour of a three-day week?Opinion: In a 24/7 world, the notion of a nine to five business seems increasingly out-datedWed Jul 30 2014 - 12:01
Garth Brooks, we nearly didn’t miss youCountry music comes to sunburnt Dublin with Stetson and City music trailSat Jul 26 2014 - 01:01
Garth’s appeal eludes the arts elitesOpinion: The people who like popular entertainment pay their taxes tooWed Jul 16 2014 - 13:35
An American verdict: ‘There seem to be fewer assholes in Ireland’The Trip: ‘Bring on the leprechauns,’ says one of our group of North Americans mischievously as I join them for a tour of Cork and Kerry. They like it here, but they aren’t as wide-eyed about Ireland as we sometimes like to thinkMon Jul 14 2014 - 01:00
Rural areas pay price as Dublin recovers‘Maybe we should just start listening to each other in this tiny country’Wed Jul 09 2014 - 12:01
Adopted by working-class family and elevated with loveWith a mother who believed ferociously in her, Burton was not afraid to try anythingSat Jul 05 2014 - 01:00
Moving beyond recrimination – but we’re not ready yetOpinion: ‘When the Taoiseach told EU leaders a few weeks ago that Irish families are “worn out”, he wasn’t just talking about water charges or property tax. It was always about fairness’Wed Jul 02 2014 - 12:01
Dublin on the wrong track with cycle route along north quaysOpinion: ‘Why would any sane adult “choose” to drive a car into the city unless there were pressing practical or health reasons for doing so?’Wed Jun 25 2014 - 12:01
Casting a fresh eye on the Tuam controversyOpinion: ‘Is it possible to ask for reflection without risking condemnation as a fellow-traveller?’Wed Jun 18 2014 - 12:01
The unsunny southeastBausch & Lomb is cutting jobs and wages in Waterford, a city already hit hard by unemployment, where ‘survival is the new success’Sat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
Rise of the OthersIn last weekend’s elections, Independents, small alliances and anti-austerity groups were the big winners, polling more than 40 per cent in some areas. Was it a midterm protest vote or is the political party over?Sat May 31 2014 - 01:00
Ming’s bog-cutting supporters turn up the heat during turf war in CastlebarRaw emotion racks count centre while Taoiseach tries to get Gilmore on phoneTue May 27 2014 - 01:00
Ming’s hemp suit steals show as proverbial dogfight awaitedWho stole our perky Taoiseach and sent a weary man in his place?Mon May 26 2014 - 01:00
Boyish pair Matt Carthy and Thomas Byrne blaze a trail for EuropeThe young-looking Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil candidates try to persuade people to voteWed May 21 2014 - 08:14
Taoiseach facing rumbles of discontent on the home frontMany voters in Castlebar feel Enda Kenny hasn’t done enough for the areaThu May 15 2014 - 01:00
McFadden steels herself for Longford-Westmeath byelectionHer sister’s death is still a raw wound for Fine Gael candidate Gabrielle McFaddenWed May 07 2014 - 01:00
Merciful absence of rancour in Ming’s EU canvassLuke Ming Flanagan is running in the Euro poll because Europe ‘has gone too far’Mon May 05 2014 - 01:00
Closure of Ballymun’s Tesco dominates doorstep exchanges in SF local canvassCampaign trail: local resident and Sinn Féin candidate Noeleen Reilly looks a shoo-in in local pollSat May 03 2014 - 01:00
Six try to make capital at party’s election launch ahead of daunting campaignFull horror of constituencies’ massive size finally dawnsTue Apr 29 2014 - 01:00
Seamus Heaney’s poetry parachutes into airportNobel laureate’s lines now grace tapestry at departure gates in Dublin Airport's T2Thu Apr 24 2014 - 07:17
Poetry in motion: tapestry tribute to Seamus HeaneyThe tribute to Heaney, which was paid for by a group of the poet’s admirers, including Paul Simon and Bono, is bringing colour to Dublin airportSat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00
GAA deal with Sky divides loyaltiesOpinion: What happens when you package an ethos and sell it to a profit-driven monolith?Fri Apr 04 2014 - 12:01
Could the next one languishing, shoeless, in a Garda cell be you?Opinion: Why accountability mattersFri Mar 28 2014 - 12:01
When does a ‘girlfriend’ equate to a ‘wife’?Opinion: Status of L’Wren Scott’s relationship with Mick Jagger central to reports of fashion designer’s deathFri Mar 21 2014 - 12:01
No time for ‘likes’ when you’re fighting for a causeChristine Buckley was the great whistleblower of our timeFri Mar 14 2014 - 01:01
My experience: Kathy Sheridan’s cancer diaryDiagnosed with breast cancer in January 2013, Kathy Sheridan describes a rollercoaster year of treatment and recoverySat Mar 01 2014 - 01:00
All about my mother: Corrinna Moore on the life of Marie FlemingMarie Fleming, best known for her ‘right to die’ court appearances, died two months ago. But that case was just one part of Marie’s eventful and complicated lifeSat Feb 22 2014 - 01:00
Who'd be a young politician?Relationships are difficult, ageism is rife and, if you're a young single woman, 'everyone is looking at you'Sat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
Ten minutes in court that decided one family's destinyMarie Fleming’s life depended on these next few momentsFri Jan 11 2013 - 00:00
A one-way ticket to CommutervilleDublin’s commuter belt has changed – again – as have the lives of those who live thereSat Jan 05 2013 - 00:00
'To get their attention I started a Tall Irish Leprechaun blog'Jonathan Cloonan explains why ‘Forbes’ magazine has made him one of its ‘30 Under 30’ young innovatorsSat Dec 22 2012 - 00:00
A tale or twoAll I Want for Christmas is a collection of heart-warming short stories written by some of Ireland’s bestselling authors, all…Sat Dec 15 2012 - 00:00
'I've come to court . . . to ask you to assist me in having a peaceful, dignified death'The imagery represented justice at its most humaneWed Dec 05 2012 - 00:00
Convention takes the Constitution in one hand and direct democracy in the otherIt’s a messy business, democracy. Start involving citizens – aka regular people – and who knows where it will end?Mon Dec 03 2012 - 00:00
25 years on, how different are we?In 1987, the Economist magazine carried a bleak feature on IrelandSat Dec 01 2012 - 00:00
Fallout for judge will not end when jail term is overLegal history was made in the Criminal Courts of Justice yesterday when the first member of the judiciary convicted of a serious…Thu Nov 29 2012 - 00:00
Quartet's stringent criticism is music to the earFour Angry Men paint a stark picture of economic woes but still raise laughsMon Nov 26 2012 - 00:00
TCD scheme aims to help disadvantaged studentsA scheme to assist more students from disadvantaged backgrounds to progress into the higher professions was announced last night…Fri Nov 23 2012 - 00:00
Mood tense as crowd gathers outside Dáil to call for legislationIn her smart, belted camel coat and dark, swept-back hair, the elegant Tania Kaur cut an unlikely figure as a demonstratorThu Nov 22 2012 - 00:00
'I went to bed a hero and woke up a villain'On his final Building Blitz project in South Africa, the businessman and philanthropist Niall Mellon talks Nama, Enda and Ireland…Sat Nov 17 2012 - 00:00
Zuma thanks Niall Mellon and Irish volunteers for charity's housing blitzSouth Africa delivered a resounding thank you to Niall Mellon and 600 Irish volunteers on the charity’s final housing blitz here…Fri Nov 16 2012 - 00:00
