Whether the abuse happens in Rathfarnham or west Belfast, the story is the same
Máiría Cahill’s isolation was rooted in terror of the tribe. For the Brennan sisters theirs was about protecting reputations
Kathy Sheridan
Kathy Sheridan columns
Plenty of people will happily live in a smaller, darker unit if the price is right
Restrictions have been lifted in response to developers’ demands. But what exactly are we all getting for this risk? Who will hold them to account?
Breaking down in tears at the scene was mortifying. It was also the only sane response
Rachel Reeves has been castigated for crying, but sometimes tears are the only way to react rationally
Kneecap owes Keir Starmer, the BBC and Helen from Wales a thank you
If Kneecap’s pro-Palestine stance is noisy and relentless, it’s right up there with the band’s marketing nous
Should influencers and politicians share photographs of their children online?
You have to wonder what kind of pressure impels a parent to send fully identifiable pictures of their children into the public gaze
So far nobody wants the Presidency and its quarter-of-a-million euro salary. Why?
Campaign savagery proves the system works because it weeds out the inexperienced, self-deluded and fantasists
Remembering Housewife of the Year, deadbeat husbands and patronising Gay Byrne
One woman’s husband walked out on her without a word soon after the competition
If Gerry Adams wanted to put manners on the BBC, why not do it in Belfast?
At a results-driven level, there was no mystery about it given the Republic’s libel laws
The aggressive speed and silence of cyclists is a cultural problem that needs tackling in Ireland
I have nothing against cycling, but spare me from speeding cyclists on country paths
Skorts issue is about policing women. The fuss around Kim Kardashian’s courtroom garb is not
Kardashian’s decision to turn a solemn court appearance into a blingy costume drama is just a bald play for the paparazzi gaze
Who felt informed enough in those first few days to call Alan Hawe a cold-blooded murderer?
Thanks to Clodagh Hawe’s remarkably brave sister Jacqueline Connolly, we now know that Alan Hawe meticulously planned the murders
‘Woke’ keeps coming up in elections but it is a meaningless insult
Insistent users should take a long hard look at their bedfellows
I leaned over to the man beside me and asked him to put on headphones. Everyone looked away
Most people know incivility when they see it - and can do something about it without any need for fines or heated confrontation
In many ways, Francis reminded me of another senior Catholic figure who died recently in Ireland
For all their shortcomings, the recently deceased pontiff and the late Bishop Willie Walsh left the world a better place
Conor McGregor is the weirdest objection yet to plans for an elected Dublin mayor
Irish electorate has time and again proven itself to be sane and rational
Don’t blame all Americans for Donald Trump
That liberal, decent, brave America many of us used to know, the one that is deeply flawed but still full of generosity is still there, clinging to the wreckage
Ireland’s parliamentary standards have been trashed in recent weeks
Democracy is fragile - the consequences of politicians breaking with parliamentary norms and standards are not just theoretical
Healthy over-70s had no idea they were old until the order came to ‘cocoon’
It was a cuddly, infantilising word for what many believed was effectively house arrest
Why women are having fewer babies, in Ireland and worldwide
In Ireland, during 2024 the birth rate fell to 1.5 per woman – even lower than the United States rate of 1.6
Nathan McDonnell’s carry-on-as-normal behaviour suggested a profound dissociation from the €32m of crystal meth in his yard
Nathan McDonnell couldn’t see the consequences of his crimes. How many middle-class drug users can?
Kathy Sheridan: Zelenskiy embodies the sacrifice of his people
Ukrainian leader has offered to step down in exchange for Nato membership or if it brings peace
Ten people died in a furnace of twisted metal in Creeslough. Now the owner wants to build another filling station
‘They plan to install petrol pumps on part of the site where my wife took her last breath,’ wrote Derek Martin, whose wife Martina died in the explosion
What we need are weekly Nphet-style television briefings on housing
Where are the greedy fossils desperate to keep house prices soaring? We just want the truth
The public may not care who gets to speak in the Dáil, but they do care about being taken for fools
Problem ultimately wasn’t about low-stakes speaking time or terrible political nous: it was over a proposal that utterly failed to pass the bulls**t test
Tech bros welcome masculine energy back to workplace. It’s news to me it ever went away
There was overreach after the #MeToo movement but the backlash against women we’re seeing now is ferocious
It’s a good time for a wealth tax on Ireland’s 11 billionaires
But what are the chances of a co-ordinated international approach now? Take a look at Trump’s inauguration images. The whole event could as easily have been rendered in the form of a gigantic crypto coin
Mark Zuckerberg’s pronouncements confirm that ‘woke’ is dead
Household names turn back the clock to darker times as they fall into step with the next occupant of the White House
Sucking up to Trump and his coterie of billionaires will not leave us on the right side of history
Wealth and its uses are rarely benevolent – it’s not just a means of living in luxury, but a means of changing perceptions. Just ask Conor McGregor or Elon Musk
Predictions? It’s difficult to do anything but peer fearfully around the corner into this new year
Of immediate concern is the ease with which Elon Musk’s limitless money has allowed him to buy his way to the pinnacle of political power
The sanitised version of nativity story rings increasingly hollow
Last Christmas, near the site of the original nativity in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, the Lutheran Church placed the baby in a manger of rubble and destruction to reflect the reality of children being born and living in Palestine today
Letters to the Editor, December 13th: On queuing for food, rural Ireland and Christmas in Dublin
No child should have to go hungry, particularly at this time of year
Leo Varadkar is right: basic maths should not flummox a minister or any of us
Wouldn’t it be novel if the next taoiseach chose his cabinet on the basis of their qualifications, competence and relevant experience and included a few arithmetic nerds?
In a new Dáil once again dominated by men, three women could lead the Opposition
Democracy is on a downward arc globally, and we can see the warning signs here in the treatment by some media of Gerry Hutch’s candidacy as a joke. We learned nothing from the ascent of Donald Trump
Anyone paying attention to Simon Harris could have predicted the outburst in a supermarket
This was always going to be the danger phase, as a bored and bolshie electorate gets ready to go to the polls
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