Comment: Common sense politics are responsible for the crises we face
The economic and social right have a convenient explanation why our institutions are rapidly deteriorating – a lack of common sense.
Paulie Doyle
Comment: Enough posturing – it’s time for Ireland to take material action against Israel
“Prime minister Netanyahu, let me say this to you this evening, the Irish people couldn’t be clearer: we are repulsed by your actions – ceasefire now and let the aid flow safely,” said taoiseach Simon Harris at Fine Gael’s Ard Fheis.
Analysis – State Failures: The Special Relationship
'If it wasn’t for American leadership, and if it wasn’t for America and Europe working together, I don’t know what kind of world we’d live in.'
Martin's department set up meeting of pro-military spending group and EDA – but won’t reveal who went
Micheál Martin’s Department of Defence arranged a meeting between an Irish pro-military spending group and the European Defence Agency – and now refuses to say who attended.
Comment: The media’s job isn’t to publish hagiographies of John Bruton – it’s to analyse his contribution to politics
I’ll say this about John Bruton: he got a fitting send-off.
Comment: Ireland cheered on the war in Ukraine – now we are failing its victims
As anti-immigrant sentiment spreads across the country, politicians are ceding ground to the far-right by echoing that wretched fascist slogan: Ireland is full.
Comment: Ireland should affirm Palestine’s right to exist
Like everyone paying attention to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, I was horrified to read that a large group of civilians gathered for a peace demonstration near the Israel-Gaza border was mercilessly gunned down by terrorists with no regard for human life.
SIPO opens Varadkar probe after he misled earlier inquiry into undeclared donations
SIPO has opened an inquiry into undeclared donations received by taoiseach Leo Varadkar after it emerged he misled the commission during a 2019 probe.
Comment: Sinn Féin wants to change who manages the country – not how it’s managed
In the summer of 2021 I visited the Sinn Féin Bookshop and bought the issue of An Phoblacht commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Irish republican hunger strikes.
Comment: The national media is made up of political organisations
A political organisation is trying to take down the government.
Comment: A quarter-century after the Good Friday Agreement and the Troubles are a politically expedient punchline for the southern establishment
In February 2022, during leaders’ questions, Mary Lou McDonald accused Fianna Fáil of exacerbating the housing crisis by giving preferential treatment to so-called cuckoo funds.
Comment: The Green Party loves pretending it doesn’t have power
After losing his seat in the February 2011 general election, Eamon Ryan decided to be “sincere”.