From soda bread to knowing who Leo Varadkar is, Sarah Jessica Parker gets more Irish by the day – The Irish Times
More Irish than the Irish themselves: Jack Charlton, certain Anglo-Normans and, in recent years, Sarah Jessica Parker. A…
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight – The Irish Times
Pick of the WeekIn the Opinion of the CensorMonday, RTÉ One, 9.35pm The role of the film censor…
Changing faces: Maintaining Ireland’s relationship with Britain’s prime minister
Having been in office for the ascension and implosion of Liz Truss’s premiership, Mr Martin was still in…
Why did economists get the impact of Brexit on Ireland so wrong? – The Irish Times
Remember all the dire predictions a decade ago about the damage the Irish economy would suffer as a…
Why has Simon Harris changed his tune on a united Ireland? – The Irish Times
Simon Harris has had different opinions on the issue of Irish unity. Little more than two years ago,…
Varadkar says he got hate speech legislation wrong, would have been better to go after algorithms
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Tommy Fleming and the gay men who hide their sexuality: why a stigma still remains
Memories of growing up in a more repressive time are hard to shake Tommy and Tina Fleming at…
Uncharted with Ray Goggins: Sergeant-major routine is ditched for a chummy Boy’s Own romp – The Irish Times
For those of us who had never heard of Ray Goggins, it was difficult to fathom how he…
Colin Murphy: There are two worrying trends in Ireland today that should alarm liberals
I went to a meeting of new organisation Breaking Point, and heard recurring themes Fuel protesters on O’Connell…
Former TD appointed director of public affairs at Red Flag
It’s a case of replacing one former TD for another, as the position was previously held by Noel…
‘We’ve successfully left the Áras, but we haven’t successfully arrived here yet’ – Michael D Higgins on the challenges of adjusting to life back in Galway
In his first big interview since leaving office, the former president talks about the big move after 14…
Kevin Cunningham’s poll analysis: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael will struggle to win back voters who have switched to Independent Ireland and Aontú
Rise of right-wing parties is thanks in part to urban-rural divide exposed by recent fuel protests The Sunday…