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John McmanusThe Irish Times |
Student protests over Israel’s war in Gaza failed to take off here in recent months in the same way that have in the US, despite the best efforts of...
There seems to be a general acceptance, behind the scenes at least, in Government that the game is up when it comes to the targets set in Housing for...
Fine Gael Minister for Justice Helen McEntee is a bit worried about knife crime. There is, she says, a “small and incremental problem here in...
Anyone hoping for a big reduction in their insurance premiums following last week’s Supreme Court decision should not hold their breath. This...
The direct provision system is something of a stain on the national conscience, drawing criticism from human rights organisations both at home and...
The Bill put forward by Sinn Féin to ban Irish State investment in businesses operating in illegal Israeli settlements on the West Bank would...
You would assume that the proposal to give 15- to 16-year-olds lessons in empathy as part of a revised transition year syllabus would be...
Given its ever-so-slightly right-of-centre composition, this Government has introduced a surprising number of measures that might be considered to...
In the absence of any better ideas for how to put out the fire at RTÉ, the Government seems quite taken with the idea of sending in the Comptroller...
Leading the charge on the first day of the An Bord Pleanála oral hearing into the long-awaited Metrolink were Micheal McDowell and Colm McCarthy....
Kneecap, in case you’re not aware, are the Belfast rap trio currently enjoying a bit of a moment. For the purposes of research, I listened to their...
The word salad that is the Windsor Framework has been tossed and has now settled in a way that is more appetising to Jeffrey Donaldson and the DUP....
The Re-turn scheme launched today puts us among the select group of EU states – roughly a third – to have a deposit-based scheme for recycling...
Depending on how you view these things Elon Musk can lay claim to being one of the most influential, if not most powerful, people on the planet. So...
The news that almost 6,500 people booked and paid for a driving test but didn’t show up to take it is just the latest example of the absurdity at...
What happens if the state stops funding private schools? Private school fees are on the rise and discussion about whether the State should keep on...
There was a great deal of noise in the run-up to the last budget about the exodus of small landlords from the market and reasons for their departure....
This week the Guardian has been running a series of exposés about safety at Sellafield, the nuclear waste reprocessing plant on the west coast of...
The expression “an Irish solution to an Irish problem” is well embedded in our political lexicon at this stage. One of the greatest proponents of...
The Minster for Housing Darragh O’Brien seems a little ambivalent about the idea of rescuing the Peter McVerry Trust. Speaking at the recent Fianna...
There are two main routes from Dubrovnik to Sarajevo. The first leaves the Croatian port city and heads north crossing into Bosnia Herzegovina and...