TV review: Even the shoulder lifts seemed less raucousElection 2016: The Labour mood in studio is almost of dazed bafflementSat Feb 27 2016 - 20:05
Kathy Sheridan runs rule over no surrender socialist Joe HigginsThis courteous, entertaining, doggedly ideological man is in retreat from public lifeThu Feb 25 2016 - 01:00
Not retiring quietly, Ruairí Quinn has harsh words for critics‘The working class doesn’t necessarily support Labour party policies,’ says TDTue Feb 23 2016 - 01:00
Election 2016: Paper-thin drama as shoutfest set asideTV Review: Kathy Sheridan says problem about political debate is there is nothing new under the sunMon Feb 15 2016 - 23:48
Tomi Reichental: ‘We, as a human race, have to find ways to reconcile’Weekend Read: The Holocaust survivor has told his extraordinary story to 90,000 students, and the 80-year-old isn’t done yetFri Jan 08 2016 - 12:00
Kathy Sheridan: a thing or two about tolerance on these precious daysWhy do we expect our weird families to be fantasy dinner guests for one day a year?Fri Dec 25 2015 - 08:00
Kathy Sheridan: Wishing you a satisfactory ChristmasAnd a note of caution: Don’t let unrealistic expectations ruin this season of goodwillWed Dec 23 2015 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Why Hugh McElvaney expects to top poll and probably willPeople like us will decide that on balance, Hughie is a grand fellow, up front at every funeral and ready with a hand-out for a family in troubleWed Dec 16 2015 - 09:07
Kathy Sheridan: Time for the honest county councillors to light a fireThe sound of that cute hoor, country accent asking “What’s in it for me?” was like a physical blow to the heart.Wed Dec 09 2015 - 12:20
Kathy Sheridan: Athlone fears deluge from ShannonLocals in suspense as rainfall filtering into Lough Ree – then it takes ‘two days to get here’Wed Dec 09 2015 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: State should intervene if that means a decent childhoodChild Care Law Reporting (CCLR) Project report is hard to read without falling into a pit of despairWed Dec 02 2015 - 02:20
Kathy Sheridan : How to explain Jihadi John?How he must have longed for the bullies at home to know how far he had travelled. How easy it must have been to transfer that blazing vengeance to his blameless victims, coating his actions in a depraved ideology.Wed Nov 18 2015 - 12:14
Máire Mhac an tSaoi interviewed in 2015: ‘I was very formidable’The diplomat and poet looks back on a life of love and adventure, challenge and tragedySat Nov 14 2015 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Society is rigged to reflect the perspective of menAnger over Abbey men-only line up was never about visibility of womenWed Nov 11 2015 - 01:40
So Deputy Kenny did get a belated invitation?Cosgrave’s claims that state dropped Web Summit ball need to be discussedWed Nov 04 2015 - 01:02
Silence and sadness as drink-driver given jail termJudge’s composure shaken as Finbarr O’Rourke given 7½ years for death of boyTue Nov 03 2015 - 23:00
Kathy Sheridan: Why Billy Walsh leaving is a serious matter for Irish sportTo the young men and women in Ireland’s 375 amateur boxing clubs, example is importantWed Oct 28 2015 - 02:40
Tiede Herrema: ‘The kidnappers were nervous. So was I’Weekend Read: 40 years ago the businessman was abducted by the IRA and held for 36 days. He survived by keeping his captors calm and using survival skills honed in a second World War concentration campSat Oct 24 2015 - 13:00
The kidnapping: Tiede Herrema’s ordealWeekend read: The Dutch industrialist was abducted in October 1975 by Eddie Gallagher and Marion Coyle, two republicans who held him for 36 daysSat Oct 24 2015 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Enda and Fionnuala are no Cam ’n’ Sam and maybe we should consider ourselves luckyWhatever your view of their politics the Kennys are an oasis of authenticity and stability.Wed Oct 21 2015 - 05:01
Community and colleagues mourn murdered Tony GoldenHundreds of gardaí are gathering for Garda Golden’s funeralThu Oct 15 2015 - 01:00
Puttnam’s prescription: education, education, educationIreland could become one of the world’s great centres of education. But our schools and colleges are failing a generation, says David Puttnam – film-maker, ‘digital champion’, Labour peer and west Cork resident – who despairs of policymakers’ lack of visionSat Oct 10 2015 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: The hidden costs of cancer“A patient’s wife takes a heating bill out of her bag; it amounts to €700, for just two winter months.”Wed Oct 07 2015 - 05:28
Brian Friel takes the quiet road to final resting placePlaywright completes his journey to beloved Glenties without fanfare or ‘folderol’Mon Oct 05 2015 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Winner-take-all attitude has infected sportBy facilitating ritual humiliations in the pursuit of big cash bonanzas, sports’ governing bodies show no sense of responsibilityWed Sept 30 2015 - 03:35
Calling time on cheap drink would be big step forwardThe big ticket solution on offer is minimum unit pricingWed Sept 23 2015 - 06:00
Kathy Sheridan: New politics for old – does Jeremy Corbyn win signal major change?‘In that context, any discussions around a Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil coalition/merger seem stunningly irrelevant. Who cares any more if a couple of grey, old parties coalesce?’Wed Sept 16 2015 - 17:26
Kathy Sheridan: Days of searing images and a biblical flow of humanity‘This is the scandal. This is not a sudden humanitarian crisis that has been foisted on Europe’Sat Sept 05 2015 - 01:00
Olivia Mitchell: ‘People are very bitter and you can’t blame them’The Fine Gael TD is acutely aware of public anger towards politicians after the economic collapse, but that’s not why she’s packing up after 18 years in the DáilSat Sept 05 2015 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: We should stop cribbing about the ‘small stuff’ – and think big‘Cynicism is not the same as a healthy, non-shrill scepticism (witness Catherine Murphy)’Wed Sept 02 2015 - 05:00
Pearse Doherty: ‘Fair play is what makes me tick’The practical, forward-looking, ‘no-baggage’ Sinn Féiner is also shaped by the Fenian dead, Bobby Sands and Kevin Barry. Is it a political contradiction or vote-winning formula?Sat Aug 15 2015 - 01:00
Lucinda Creighton: Enda, Eddie and meRenua leader talks to Kathy Sheridan about setting up a new party, abortion and other issuesSat Aug 01 2015 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Why share your secrets with Ashley Madison founder?Biderman styles himself ‘the Google of cheating’ and wants to share back all that sociological data with researchersWed Jul 29 2015 - 10:21
Goodbye, Galway Races - John Moloney, outgoing managerWhen John Moloney became manager of the Galway Races in 1989, racegoers ate picnics on the grass. In the boom years, they arrived by helicopter for €400 dinners. He retires as the event emerges from its ‘rough years’Sun Jul 26 2015 - 08:30
Kathy Sheridan: What if Bertie had been in Brussels negotiating for the Greeks?Derry funeral cortege reminds us of huge achievement of the Belfast AgreementWed Jul 22 2015 - 05:00
Yes, politicians are human beings tooOur culture often lacks an ounce of compassion or insight into the complexity of others’ livesWed Jul 15 2015 - 01:10
Kathy Sheridan: Rebellion in the Greek DNA, with some self-delusionHas the narrative of good and evil gone too far ?Wed Jul 08 2015 - 11:42
Kathy Sheridan: Richard Burke settlement vindicates no oneNo damages for Archbishop Emeritus of Benin in action against RTÉ’s Mission to PreyFri Jul 03 2015 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: How would we have weathered the Greek medicine?‘If the Greeks get a massive write-down, what would that tell us about ourselves? ’Wed Jul 01 2015 - 14:18
Shelly Corkery: Fashion in her bloodFashion director for Brown Thomas, Shelly Corkery wears, buys and promotes BT’s luxury goods – but it’s not all gowns and glamour, it’s a cut-throat businessSat Jun 27 2015 - 01:00
Olivia Burke’s family and friends say a tearful farewellHozier sings a song for Berkeley balcony victim as her friends form circle of honourThu Jun 25 2015 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: All unite to support the bereavedBelievers and non-believers come together in rituals to remember those lost in BerkeleyWed Jun 24 2015 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Cocoon of stillness merciful after Berkeley tragedyHundreds gather at UCD on sunny June day to remember students who diedSat Jun 20 2015 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: The closure of Clerys – when the shutters come down‘Companies are ridiculously easy to set up, yet are granted all the enormous, attendant privileges of limited liability’Wed Jun 17 2015 - 14:24
Kathy Sheridan: Fifa may have met its match in US attorney generalWomen in football: Heather Rabbatts, a member of Fifa’s anti-discrimination taskforce, resigned following Blatter’s re-electionWed Jun 03 2015 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Some Yes campaigners faced subtle, shocking bigotry‘However they cloaked their arguments, the thrust of the No campaign was to call into question the full humanity of its opponents’Wed May 27 2015 - 11:49
Kathy Sheridan: Republic wakes to world of calm acceptance‘Ireland triumphs: the country has said, Goodbye Catholic guilt, hello Celtic grá’Mon May 25 2015 - 09:44
Royal visit: Change of mood as feted couple retrace historic stepsShocking events of 36 years ago in sharp focus on poignant west of Ireland pilgrimageThu May 21 2015 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Where is the God of Love in the same-sex marriage debate?‘Would He approve the kind of reasoning that consigns up to 10 per cent of his human creation to a living purgatory’Wed May 20 2015 - 11:40
Byelection: not all family favourites in Kilkenny cat fightPolitical dynasties and new names pitched against each other using hurling metaphorsSat May 16 2015 - 11:21
