Opinion

ROSELEEN Walsh is one of 36 women who were interned in the early 1970s. Her latest book – My Internment – tells the very personal story of her life...

SIMON Harris has said that Irish unity is not a priority for him. That is self-evident. But for him to say so is at odds with the stated position o...

This is the final column submitted by Gerry O'Shea who passed away last month after a short illness. Over the course of many years Gerry enlivened ...

At one bloody point in the movie "Gladiator" Maximus turns to the baying crowd in the amphitheater and loudly asks "are you not entertained?" It's ...

ACCORDING to the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, his government is looking at “every conceivable way” to prevent me and at least 300 other peo...

There is that line in the song by The Who: "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Well, the words apply to Micheál Martin who once served as ta...

FIANNA Fáil and Fine Gael, supported by the regional independents, have just published their Programme for Government 2025. This contains the objec...

Hold on to your hats people. More importantly, hold on to your American dreams. By the time that most read this editorial Donald Trump will have be...

I AM not a big watcher of television. When I have my way – which is usually when everyone else is out – the TV goes on only when there is something...

A central tenet of colonialism highlights the superiority of the ruling power in all facets of cultural expression. So, in 19th-century Ireland, th...

The last week of being President of the United States is a little like packing for vacation with ten kids and a posse of pets. So much to do and th...

TED Howell was 77 when he died last Friday. On Tuesday we buried him in Milltown Cemetery in the grave of the love of his life, Eileen Duffy. The t...