Resurgent Ireland still falls well short on housing crisis
The history and literature of Ireland is replete with stories of homelessness and dispossession – from the Vikings sacking the monasteries to Cromwell’s cry of ‘to Hell or to Connacht’; to the great Irish...
Connolly takes top honours as medals are dished out!
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Comparing Irish politics to what’s going on in America at this moment in time is like comparing the activity on a deserted island in Connemara with that...
Bono and Co still offering salvation 30 years later
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The U2 concert in Croke Park last weekend brought back a cascade of memories for me. I was obsessed with the band when I was a teenager...
Coalition’s end-of-term report not impressive
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The Coalition Government has little to boast about on its legislative record in 2017. Until last week, only16 Acts had been signed into law this year, half...
Will summer flurry signal autumn’s new approach?
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It is the last week before the summer break and as you would expect there was a flurry of activity in the Dáil all week; the kind...
Bin charges won’t trigger our winter of discontent
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The Winter of Discontent – when not in its original context of Shakespeare’s Richard III – is usually take to refer to a turbulent period in British...