Citizens’ assembly on unity would have its work cut out for it Issue of how to accommodate unionists in a united Ireland would be a big ask for 99 ordinary citizensWed Nov 09 2022 - 05:00
Good riddance: First Trump, then Johnson and now BolsonaroPast six years show how deeply proud nations can sink once a strongman rises, populism takes hold and democracy’s guardrails are removedWed Nov 02 2022 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: What happens to Twitter under a megalomaniac?Businessman’s bid to buy Twitter began as a grab for instant gratification, with a total absence of due diligence, followed by a gigantic case of buyer’s remorseWed Oct 26 2022 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Generational events matter — you had to be there to sense the anger and despairGenerational memory is important because the past is always with us, regardless of whether or how we wish to project itWed Oct 19 2022 - 04:45
Steve Baker’s Brexit U-turn only comes after incalculable destruction and toxicity Despite a startling apology, there is nothing to explain his whipsaw conversion to the cause of rationality in Northern IrelandWed Oct 12 2022 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Give me a boring politician any day of the weekWhile Truss and Kwarteng backtracked on tax cuts, UK Labour soared in the polls — something has shiftedWed Oct 05 2022 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Brace yourselves for where Giorgia Meloni and Italy end upHard-right leader will have scant time for her shtick about nation, family and Christianity once in powerWed Sept 28 2022 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Tax issue thwarts no-brainer housing solution for father and sonInheritance used to be bonus when someone sadly died but now applies pressure for urgent transfers from the still livingWed Sept 21 2022 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Illegal annexations are not confined to UkraineWhy did we ignore what was happening in Ukraine? Why have we tuned out from Palestine?Wed Sept 14 2022 - 05:00
Queen Elizabeth was the anti-celebrity with global star powerGarden of Remembrance visit and queen’s bow to fallen Irish rebels a highly charged momentThu Sept 08 2022 - 22:21
Putin’s legacy will not be what he hopesPutin has bounced us into a hyper awareness of the need to conserve energy that Extinction Rebellion can only dream ofWed Aug 31 2022 - 05:05
Kathy Sheridan: Liz Truss’s Westminster is one of childish ignorance and fully formed idiocy British PM candidate’s political pragmatism goes no further than sticking her finger in air, checking which way wind blows and posting it on InstagramWed Aug 24 2022 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Rushdie shows us what free speech means and its priceWriter once said said `the moment somebody says “yes I believe in free speech but” I stop listening’Wed Aug 17 2022 - 00:05
Truss’s genius or cunning was to recognise Johnson’s appeal to the Tory grassroots PM candidate batted persuasively for Remain when it appeared to be the winning side, then did a hard reverseWed Aug 10 2022 - 05:00
Sabina Higgins is as publicly embedded in this 12-year presidency as her husbandAs a partner, name and personality, Sabina Higgins is as publicly embedded in this 12-year presidency as her husbandWed Aug 03 2022 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Monkeypox trajectory is starting to seem unsettlingly familiarThe pain, fear and isolation suffered by gay and bisexual men for months is now an urgent global concernWed Jul 27 2022 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Trump lickspittles are being lionised by January 6th hearings Turning of acolytes who should have known better and ended up simply doing their duty is a deliberate strategyWed Jul 20 2022 - 00:00
Judging by the prolific coughers on my flight, it’s time to put the masks back onNever mind missing your flight, what about catching Covid?Wed Jul 13 2022 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Across the world, the patriarchy is fighting backAfter 20 years of living their lives as autonomous human beings, few Afghan women anticipated being abandoned to the mercies of the Taliban again.Wed Jul 06 2022 - 00:00
Everything’s possible when extremists capture a mainstream party’s agendaIn a functioning democracy, the January 6th hearings would led to a reset of public values and moralityWed Jun 29 2022 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Treatment at family funeral showed how Catholic Church just keeps scoring own goals A recent attempt to deliver a eulogy at a funeral underlines the church’s silly own goalsWed Jun 22 2022 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Just who exactly is the real Liz Truss?New versions of politicians have blind-sided everyone in head-melting shiftsWed Jun 15 2022 - 05:00
Philip Boucher-Hayes may be annoying but it doesn’t make him wrongJournalist’s comments that flying is a privilege and bad for the environment provoked a backlashWed Jun 01 2022 - 05:00
Fake news trolls have persecuted innocent McCanns for 15 yearsWrong assumptions resulted in casual public destruction of grieving parentsWed May 25 2022 - 00:24
Kathy Sheridan: Maternity hospital debate hijacked by fear and loathingHaving a balanced view on the issues is not tolerated in this toxic environmentWed May 18 2022 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Naomi Long’s success outshines Michelle O’Neill’sAssembly election seismic for another reason: resilience of women politiciansWed May 11 2022 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Evangelical hypocrisy behind US fight against abortion rightsAt the time of the Roe v Wade ruling in 1973, influential evangelicals were more concerned with maintaining racial segregationWed May 04 2022 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Only the Russians themselves can bring about regime changeThat agonising generational task cannot be undertaken by Nato or UkrainiansWed Mar 30 2022 - 02:00
Kathy Sheridan: It was Nato bombers and tanks that finally stopped the war in KosovoWe have been here before with Serbian tyrant Slobodan Milosevic and KosovoWed Mar 23 2022 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Talking out of both sides of our mouth on Russian oilThere is a disconnect between tearful rhetoric about Ukraine and sacrifices this might requireWed Mar 16 2022 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Oligarchs have been hiding in plain sight all alongTwitter account tracking movements of those close to Putin arouses healthy curiosityWed Mar 09 2022 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Cometh the hour, cometh ZelenskiyUkraine president has morphed into one of the most unlikely wartime leaders in historyWed Mar 02 2022 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Brussels bubble misses the point on Phil Hogan’s resignationLengthy Libération interview with former EU commissioner left out pertinent detailsWed Feb 23 2022 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Tide of goodwill towards the restaurant sector may soon turnInexplicably high prices, unhappy staff and opaque service charge will take their tollWed Feb 16 2022 - 02:00
Kathy Sheridan: Real problem for Brexiteers is that Boris trolley is crashing in publicWhy is Johnson’s woke wife blamed for Tory woes?Wed Feb 09 2022 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Enough of the confusion. Hold weekly televised briefings on the housing crisisPressure on parents to give up their hard-earned peace is part of the social tapestry nowWed Feb 02 2022 - 02:00
Kathy Sheridan: Negative stereotyping of older people can knock several years off a lifeCovid has exposed insidious ageism in society that has serious implicationsWed Jan 26 2022 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Misogyny is the soup in which boys are raisedNo one one is suggesting laddish banter inevitably leads to murder – it’s more complexWed Jan 19 2022 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Will the real Sinn Féin please stand up?Party members cannot continue to deny legitimacy of the State SF is expected to governWed Jan 12 2022 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Don’t Look Up opens odd new flank in the culture warsThose who didn’t think the film was great were assumed to have missed the point by many who didWed Jan 05 2022 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Finland’s clubbing PM would not last long in IrelandSanna Marin faced a very Finnish type of reasoned backlash when caught outWed Dec 15 2021 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Wallace and Daly are a national embarrassmentSupport for anti-vaccine MEP Cristian Terhes is the latest odd turn in their opaque politicsWed Dec 08 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Complaints over vaccine queues a sad reflection on entitled, negative publicFirst-world vaccine privilege is taken for grantedWed Dec 01 2021 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Can’t stand Garth Brooks? The best cure is to just let it goIreland is once again in the grip of GB fever – best cure is to just take a chill pillWed Nov 24 2021 - 02:00
Good day for FitzPatrick and Quinn’s cheerleaders to reflectColluders enabled star-crossed titans of Celtic Tiger take such enormous gamblesWed Nov 17 2021 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Jeffrey Donaldson, Owen Paterson are latest victims of political amnesiaAmnesia is a debilitating side effect of BrexitWed Nov 10 2021 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Protesting works as we reach peak climate anxietyPublic pressure has already resulted in substantial levels of movementWed Nov 03 2021 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Wealthy Dublin calling local property tax ‘unfair’ is a bit richDublin local authorities have sidestepped the great ‘unfairness’ of helping poorer regionsWed Oct 27 2021 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Culture of abuse on social media is malignOur politicians already talk about daily abuse, intimidation and physical threatsWed Oct 20 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: How will EU look if UK's strutting desperation for a win is rewarded again?UK negotiator David Frost is running out of time, and Brussels is running out of patienceWed Oct 13 2021 - 02:00
