Nailing the institutional culprits, ignored by Ireland’s deficient media By Irvin Muchnick In Ireland’s public square, I now ...

Soldiers from the Royal Irish Rangers taking a rest during the Battle of the Somme, 1916 The British army lost over 700,000 men in Europe’s trench warfare. And there was no escape from the Western ...

Judgment Day coming for AI algorithms, as shown by two recent reportsBy Michael Smith Nearly 40 years ago legal philosopher, Ronald Dworkin, postulated heroic Judge Hercules, an idealised judge with ...

By Frank Connolly a 35-acre site at Liscarton was purchased for €500,000 in 2016 and placed on the market for €4.2m a year later, after rezoning A public inquiry by the Standards in Public Office ...

I. The Metaphor of Sleepwalking Sleepwalking is more than a medical condition. In law and psychiatry, it signifies diminished responsibility—a mind severed from agency. Politically, it evokes inertia: ...

The government has hired private jets to transport the Taoiseach to foreign engagements and summits despite the availability of commercial options.

Three investigations are underway at the hospital into allegations of racism. By Conor O’Carroll. At least three independent investigations into serious allegations of racism are underway at Cork ...

By Conor O’Carroll Over sixty TDs and Senators have signed an open letter addressed to Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan TD, calling on him to review the government’s policy on munitions inspections ...

Thousands have marched in solidarity with Palestine following the conflict in Gaza, but Ireland’s support of the Palestinian cause was not always so straightforward. By Diarmuid Breatnach Palestinian ...

After much speculation, Fianna Fáil TD and Minister for Finance, Michael McGrath, delivered his first budget on Tuesday, ahead of what could be a hugely significant year for Irish politics. Local and ...

The Brendan O’Connor Show: revisiting analysis of RTÉ’s Newspaper Panel: Professional classes over weekend brunch… safe and a bit incestuous, with little diversity, but with equal numbers of women ...