Why I now hate the English - Irish writer’s searing column in NY Times

London-based Irish writer Megan Nolan has written a powerful and profound Op-Ed piece in The New York Times on how her attitude to the British has...

John FitzGerald: Dublin’s bus network needs major overhaul

‘If Dragons can run for president, why can’t I?’

The man credited with igniting the running boom in the US

Talking Sport with Stephen Glennon In 1972, American long-distance runner Frank Shorter lit up the sporting landscape when he claimed the gold...

No barbs for canvassers as campaign trail remains civil

Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column with Dara Bradley  Well done to anyone canvassing for the various presidential candidates in the...

People are forgetting what it's like to do their own ironing

Tories need to take responsibility for Universal Credit debacle

THIS time last week, give or take a few hours, I was seething as I sat in my car parked up outside the house of my son’s childminder.

Opinion: 'Religion is facing a crisis in the West - but here's why it's thriving in Asia'

RELIGION OF ALL faiths is thriving in the fastest growing parts of the world, at the very same time it faces an existential crisis in the West....

Casey scrapes bottom of the barrel being bottom in race to Áras

Arlene Foster has got up my nose

Double Vision with Charlie Adley We all have limits, personal and professional, and sometimes they blur, one into the other, producing thoughts...

105 years ago - Ulster Protestants against Carsonism

 BY the end of 1913, the campaign against Home Rule for Ireland organised by the Ulster Unionists and their allies in the Conservative and...

Noel Whelan: Ignorance of Ireland returns to bite Tories

Bob Dylan’s ‘Blood on the Tracks’ as a rock opera? Jesus Christ...

If dragons can run for president, I don’t see why I can’t

A soft Brexit is in the best interests of all sides

The question I'm asked most often is whether I regret my decision to vote Leave in June 2016; followed by, how I would vote if there was another...

Opinion: 'Children need to learn the importance of exercise from their parents'

KIDS GROWING UP in a home where they see their parents prioritising their physical and mental health are more likely to adopt to this way of life....

On This Day, 1968 – RUC attack Civil Rights march in Duke Street, Derry

IN THE AFTERMATH of the first Civil Rights march from Coalisland to Dungannon, in August 1968, it was announced that the next demonstration would...

Restarting Stormont without them would put squeeze on DUP

Companies keeping ties with despots in digital age is risky business

We know Earth is special. So are we alone in the galaxy?

If the tech sector is so well-paid, why are so many staff dissatisfied?

It is now time to finally deal with the past - Declan Kearney

This week the NIO consultation on dealing with the legacy of the past in the north of Ireland closed. It will inform a legislative process and...

Paul Allen: The reclusive billionaire who changed the tech world

The 'exhausting and disappointing' presidential race

Much of what has passed for debate would be better off being physically shredded and piled on a bonfire or, preferably, sent to a very distant,...

Turning art of navel-gazing into a fully-fledged festival

A Different View with Dave O’Connell The central Japanese city of Shibukawa is home to an annual festival in honour of the humble belly button –...

Unlike Britain, immigration is a non-issue in Northern Ireland

Immigration has so far been a non-issue in Northern Ireland’s Brexit debate.

Brexit is bigger than any politician or any party

To say the UK government was unprepared for the eventuality of Brexit is the understatement of the decade.

Hard work in Ireland is not rewarded - we should all just sleep in

You will remember all the controversy here early last year when the then minister Leo Varadkar said in one of his speeches that he wanted to look...

When everything is vexatious to the spirit...

Not all women in late 30s will be as lucky as Meghan and get pregnant

Three issues for Government – and election isn’t one of them!

World of Politics with Harry McGee – harrymcgee@gmail.com Monday was spent traipsing around Dublin and Kildare asking political leaders questions...

Artist and citizen

‘A Reluctant Memoir’ by Robert Ballagh published by Head of Zeus. Robert Ballagh was first interviewed in the pages of the weekly An Phoblacht...

My Kilkenny Life: Evanne Ní Chuilinn

What’s your idea of a perfect day, or perfect weekend out in Kilkenny? I've always enjoyed the Cat Laughs weekend, but in a more general sense, I...

Do we really need an Irish President?

IN the midst of all the posturing and speechifying (some of it quite bizarre) by a variety of presidential wannabes, one question has yet to...

Does the DUP really believe it can obstruct Brexit, Stormont and Westminster indefinitely?