The new map of Earth is a wake-up call for Ireland
On the Equal Earth map, Ireland suddenly looks a lot more northernly and a lot less central - no longer the much-vaunted ‘island at the centre of the world’
Leo Varadkar
Former Fine Gael taoiseach
‘We have skin in the game’: TD backs ‘half Irish’ Macklemore after Sheeran ditching
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Why do farmers wield such disproportionate power in Ireland? Look at Leinster House
Four per cent of the Irish workforce is employed in farming - but 15 per cent of our elected national politicians are farmers or landowners, according an investigation by The Irish Times
Good cop, bad cop: Harris and Chambers toy with electorate ahead of budget
Government’s income tax package could be worth as little as €10 a month to the average worker
People who get up early were left disappointed by Varadkar. Harris is ready to try again
If you promise to prioritise the people who get up early in the morning, you can’t spend your time delivering breakfast in bed to a bunch of others
An obscene national exercise: Ireland tries to assuage Donald Trump’s toddler volatility
When vengeance and gold are the objectives of the world’s most powerful man, nothing and no one is safe or sacred
Budget 2027: Jack Chambers plays down expectations of big tax giveaway after Harris comments
Taoiseach warns one-off cost-of-living payments can erode ability to tackle longer term issues, including childcare
The Magaverse is echoing the language of Ireland’s most pro-data centre party
The pro-data centre language of US politicians sounds strikingly familiar to an Irish audience
‘It was my saviour’: Dublin gay dining club celebrates 25 years
Dining Out Ireland meets regularly in the capital’s restaurants and organises trips abroad, providing a supportive environment and social outlet for its members
From soda bread to knowing who Leo Varadkar is, Sarah Jessica Parker gets more Irish by the day
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Simon Harris’s aide mocked teachers as work-shy and public as ‘racist’
Constituency chief John Kelly called Donald Trump a ‘moron’ and Prince Harry a ‘snowflake’ in social media posts
Child poverty fell by less than 1% last year, Government progress report shows
Rate of consistent child poverty fell to below 8% for first time but is still far from 2030 target of 3%
Bank holiday blues: Must we have more of these hellish festivals of stress?
Politicians love them, but the 19th century solution to the problem of monotonous, draining work is surely not the answer today
Christy Moore at All Together Now: A rousing Auld Triangle is dedicated to the late Glen Hansard
Veteran singer crams a lifetime of emotions, activism and call-to-arms songwriting into boisterous 60-minute set
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Highlights include In the Opinion of the Censor, The Rapture, Ramy and The Irish Question
‘Gotcha’ blame culture must end if key projects to be delivered faster, says Robert Watt
Politicians and officials should be enabled to take ‘balanced risks’ but supported when schemes go awry
Why Simon Harris will really struggle to move the dial on income tax in the Budget
Fine Gael aspirations to help ‘people who get up early in the morning’ might be kept in check by realpolitik
Neither Martin nor Harris dared rebuke the US ambassador. Varadkar had no such qualms
Are we going to go on ducking behind clichés to safeguard the economy or, when needs be, are we going to speak and act against injustices?
Child benefit reform is a no-brainer. So why has the Government not done it?
Feckless inertia has become actively malign
Government sidesteps Varadkar’s criticism of US ambassador visit to Conor McGregor pub
Leo Varadkar said he recoiled at Ed Walsh’s reported visited to Drimnagh pub owned by MMA fighter
Varadkar the star turn as Chinese investors sign up for Great Wall tour at nearly €1,300 each
Former taoiseach to pocket €17,500 for speaking tour, visiting six cities in 10 days
Putin was talked out of using nuclear weapon, former Nato official tells Dublin conference
Rose Gottemoeller tells Dublin conference she believed Russian president was prepared for nuclear strike in 2022
Irish unity questions complicated by political instability in the UK
Worldview: Radical change can come faster than anyone expects
One-off rural housing guidelines set to be overhauled
Anti-poverty initiative reports 0.7 per cent drop in child poverty from 2024 to 2025
Why did economists get the impact of Brexit on Ireland so wrong?
The consequences are still playing out in the UK, as it prepares for its seventh prime minister in ten years. Yet Ireland is thriving
Unity supporters must be prepared to make Northern Ireland work, says leading unionist
‘A Border poll will come at some stage, but that’s not where we are now’, former UUP senator tells SDLP conference
Funding to cut train Dublin-Belfast journey time to under two hours
Track upgrade north of Malahide and at Clongriffin, electrification of 37km of network from Malahide to Drogheda planned
Why has Simon Harris changed his tune on a united Ireland?
Analysis: The speed of the Fine Gael leader’s shift in attitude has taken even his own party by surprise
Simon Harris delivers coded rebuke of people on social welfare
Fine Gael choose populism over real leadership with savings plan
An interview with Germany’s finance minister: ‘It’s not a bad thing if you’re shouted at now and then’
Lars Klingbeil, leader of Germany’s centre-left SPD party, on spending cuts, Russia, and trying to invest in its creaking infrastructure
What’s wrong with Ireland? Sinéad O’Sullivan has an answer
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan: Ireland ‘lacks strong institutions capable of separating long-term delivery from electoral politics’, says author
Fianna Fáil at 100 is a white man’s party with a woman problem
No party can claim to have ‘something for everyone’ when it has a woman problem like Fianna Fáil’s
Uncharted with Ray Goggins: Sergeant-major routine is ditched for a chummy Boy’s Own romp
Television: Riding into the sunset with the actor Liam Cummingham and the comedian PJ Gallagher, it’s like an Irish version of old Top Gear specials
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