Katherine Zappone: ‘I didn’t really realise how crazy you can become with grief’
The former government minister’s memoir covers the pain of losing her wife and the joy of a new relationship, as well as various career controversies
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Miriam Lord’s Week: McDowell turns a page as Steen seethes
Senator relaxes at book launch as failed presidential hopeful vents in blame game
Love in a Time of Politics by Katherine Zappone: Blazing a trail in court of public opinion
Was Zappone more effective as an insider than as an activist? The answer is not always clear
Unregulated court guardian service cost €21m last year
Nine years after revelations, service to guard interest of children in care proceedings remains unregulated
‘I burst out crying on referendum results day. I realised how exhausted and scared I had been’
Marriage Equality referendum a decade on: 10 couples recount how their lives – and Ireland – have changed
Marriage equality 10 years on: A boy sees us hold hands and says ‘I f***ing hate gay people’
I miss the optimism and unforgettable beauty of that time, whatever ugliness came before or after
Katherine Zappone enters Seanad election race
Former Independent minister is seeking to be elected to the Seanad for the University of Dublin constituency
Mary McAleese: Vatican authority over Catholics is ‘legally and morally questionable’
Dr McAleese criticises church at Spirit Unbounded, a lay-led synodal process taking place in parallel with Vatican Synod on Synodality
My first Pride: ‘I never saw diversity until I went to Pride in Dublin’
As Dublin Pride celebrates its 40th anniversary, some of Ireland’s foremost LGBTQ+ activists share their memories
Jennifer O’Connell: The far right’s attempted courtship of Enoch Burke is an odd romance
There’s no evidence he or his family have done anything to encourage it, but Burke has become a hero of the far right
Zappone poem convinced Government to act on mother and baby homes, Varadkar says
Taoiseach recalled minister almost in tears as she addressed Cabinet meeting
Scouting Ireland does not have ‘unlimited funds’ for abuse settlements — former board member
More than 350 children allegedly sexually abused in former scouting bodies, 2020 review found
Independent TDs now look like a permanent and sizeable bloc in Irish politics
While many start out in a party gene pool, they quickly carve out a new identity. The one thing they can’t survive is going into government
Minister for Public Expenditure ‘not satisfied’ with handling of Holohan secondment
Varadkar says it would have been ‘far preferable’ if details were released from outset
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