Racism in this State goes back a bit, but vile discourse online is new and most of it comes from abroad – principally the US and UK

Being at the centre in Brussels requires new credentials we have yet to acquire.

Trade deal is a big win for Ireland, but beef farmers feel challenged

Just days away from the next turn in the Donald Trump tariff saga, we are being egged on to slash a dangerously narrow tax base further

They have power, but seem unwilling to introduce cultural change and fiscal discipline

Housing, Trump and fading traditional political loyalties mean anything is possible come the next election

As the housing shortage cuts into economic competitiveness and social solidarity, the consequences of bad decisions are more apparent

Housing gets enormous amounts of money and endless new initiatives. But it has never had an alignment of power and responsibility

It’s a sign of Fine Gael’s watered-down identity that it’s easy to imagine Harris in Labour or the Social Democrats

We stand on the brink of a tariffs war weighed down by the cost of our inefficiency and self-indulgence

There is no space left here for either a broader perspective or nuance. There is an increasingly automatic overlapping of Jewish people with Israel

Martin reshaped politics after the economic crash by building the widest possible base committed to some version of the status quo

Harris’s success or failure in his new role will mean success or failure for all of us

Gathering almost every TD with a stake in the status quo in one government will prove to be a mistake

Where there is neither control of spending nor effective delivery, it is the worst of all worlds