Kathy Sheridan: Don’t Look Up opens odd new flank in the culture warsThose who didn’t think the film was great were assumed to have missed the point by many who didWed Jan 05 2022 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Finland’s clubbing PM would not last long in IrelandSanna Marin faced a very Finnish type of reasoned backlash when caught outWed Dec 15 2021 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Wallace and Daly are a national embarrassmentSupport for anti-vaccine MEP Cristian Terhes is the latest odd turn in their opaque politicsWed Dec 08 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Complaints over vaccine queues a sad reflection on entitled, negative publicFirst-world vaccine privilege is taken for grantedWed Dec 01 2021 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: Can’t stand Garth Brooks? The best cure is to just let it goIreland is once again in the grip of GB fever – best cure is to just take a chill pillWed Nov 24 2021 - 02:00
Good day for FitzPatrick and Quinn’s cheerleaders to reflectColluders enabled star-crossed titans of Celtic Tiger take such enormous gamblesWed Nov 17 2021 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Jeffrey Donaldson, Owen Paterson are latest victims of political amnesiaAmnesia is a debilitating side effect of BrexitWed Nov 10 2021 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Protesting works as we reach peak climate anxietyPublic pressure has already resulted in substantial levels of movementWed Nov 03 2021 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Wealthy Dublin calling local property tax ‘unfair’ is a bit richDublin local authorities have sidestepped the great ‘unfairness’ of helping poorer regionsWed Oct 27 2021 - 00:00
Kathy Sheridan: Culture of abuse on social media is malignOur politicians already talk about daily abuse, intimidation and physical threatsWed Oct 20 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: How will EU look if UK's strutting desperation for a win is rewarded again?UK negotiator David Frost is running out of time, and Brussels is running out of patienceWed Oct 13 2021 - 02:00
Kathy Sheridan: We have the right to know who is obstructing desperately needed SláintecareGive Robert Watt a chance to do the seemingly impossible and fix this planWed Oct 06 2021 - 02:00
Kathy Sheridan: In Britain, the B-word is the biggest taboo of allThe chaos Britain has visited upon itself is not about Brexit, you see – not at allWed Sept 29 2021 - 02:00
Kathy Sheridan: Armagh invite controversy reveals bafflingly poor planningPresident should have anticipated likely response to decision not to attend Armagh serviceWed Sept 22 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Jibes about appearance will deprive us of good people in public rolesThe public will be the losers when it comes to personal abuse targeting politiciansWed Sept 15 2021 - 02:00
Kathy Sheridan: Acquisition of Irish passport as Brexit avoidance ticket is annoyingTo many, Irish citizenship means a lot more than a Brexit avoidance ticketWed Sept 08 2021 - 05:00
Kathy Sheridan: The coarsening of political, public and private discourse has gone too farWho decides when a taboo word slides into acceptable use?Wed Sept 01 2021 - 02:00
Fighting for basic human rights is not some delusional feminist obsessionWhen did basic women’s rights come to be regarded as 'privileged'?Wed Aug 25 2021 - 03:31
Kathy Sheridan: Only ideological blindness could dismiss the past 20 years in Afghanistan as wasteLast two decades saw healthcare for women, school enrolment in Afghanistan improveWed Aug 18 2021 - 02:00
Kathy Sheridan: Sinn Féin presents middle class with dilemmaParty’s glorification of killers hard to reconcile with its progressive policiesWed Aug 11 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: It’s going to take a lot more than Hazel Chu to shake up the SeanadCould Trinity’s electorate be inspired to shock the Government into action?Wed Aug 04 2021 - 02:00
Kathy Sheridan: Where do five-pints-in fans get confidence to tell Olympic athletes how to do it?Athletes triumph with ambition and talent as gold medal-obsessed fans pontificate lazilyWed Jul 28 2021 - 01:06
Kathy Sheridan: Mary Lou is an enigma with leadership in her sightsThe Sinn Féin leader embodies middle-class privilege but peddles an anti-establishment lineSat Jun 19 2021 - 06:00
Kathy Sheridan: David Frost playing a dangerous tribal game over Northern Ireland protocolPromising to have protocol gone by July 12th is part of a pattern of recklessnessWed May 19 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Eoghan Harris’s defence doesn’t stack upThere is a distinction between robust commentary and vitriolic abuseWed May 12 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Poots and Donaldson lack passion, intellect and outward gazeNo adjective in English literature can make two DUP candidates look plausibleWed May 05 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Jury is still out on body camerasWorn by gardaí or citizens, surveillance devices raise issues for privacy and evidenceWed Apr 28 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: A sudden, blinding bout of sadness accompanied my vaccine appointmentIn real life, face-to-face with someone shrunken by 13 months of rules and worry, my news would have been akin to a tauntWed Apr 21 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: The online threat to the integrity of Irish elections lies withinAs a political party, Sinn Féin is not alone in its creation of a big internal voter databaseWed Apr 14 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Public toilets are key to dignity, health and wellbeingDublin is caught short for provision of conveniences – especially for womenWed Apr 07 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Beacon-type entitlement evident in vaccine raceWe must remember the ‘losers’ who miss out and the privileged who have stolen their placeWed Mar 31 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: UK vaccine rollout success facilitated by EUBrussels ban on drug exports would derail Johnson but such a fight not worth EU’s timeWed Mar 24 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: More damaged men out there than we realiseAre we ready at last to address the dynamics of male violence, power and abuse?Wed Mar 10 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Mockery is oxygen for Covid-19 deniersKathy Sheridan: How is civil society to challenge their abhorrent views?Wed Mar 03 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Negativity has leached into the nation’s poresPublic tolerance for vague, incomplete or out-dated information is at zeroWed Feb 24 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: If you are not bone-tired by now you should beLast 12 months compelled all of us to confront exhausting maze of moral dilemmasWed Feb 17 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Is Stephen Donnelly out of his depth as Minister for Health?Despite his armour-plated confidence, the Fianna Fáiler fails to convinceWed Feb 10 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Are we really too passive, too deferential, to government?We eschew physical violence because we have learnt the power of the ballot boxWed Feb 03 2021 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Pandemic is reminder of poison in British and Irish politicsNow is not the time for a Border pollWed Jan 27 2021 - 08:55
Kathy Sheridan: There is no fairytale ending to the Trump version of American PsychoBiden’s inauguration is a moment of hope but myths are too ingrained to be shifted easilyWed Jan 20 2021 - 01:00
Yes commissioner: The unapologetically ambitious Mairead McGuinnessOur EU commissioner is among the guests at upcoming Irish Times Winter Nights festivalSun Jan 17 2021 - 06:00
Kathy Sheridan: Whither the proud Irish Trump fans now?We’ve taken to aping the protest style of Trump supportersWed Jan 13 2021 - 01:00
John Clarke on missing his wife Marian Finucane: ‘I didn’t realise how much we chatted’He recalls her odd attitude to doctors, their ‘crazy’ love and their late daughterSat Jan 02 2021 - 06:00
Kathy Sheridan: Politicians should do a U-turn out of the Brexit morass but are too fearfulRather than a sign of weakness, a U-turn shows the presence of a functioning mindWed Dec 23 2020 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Le Carré embodied a basic English decency that will outlast BrexitThe author’s story is a reminder to keep in sight the millions of decent BritonsWed Dec 16 2020 - 01:00
Are we enjoying the Brit-bashing just a tad too much?England has long been a haven for our loved ones needing to escape social shaming or seeking a decent lifeWed Dec 09 2020 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: What was the purpose of Brian Stanley’s tweet glorifying mass killings?Careless tweets from influential people like Brian Stanley matter terriblyWed Dec 02 2020 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Dozens of agendas come into play when RTÉ drops its guardControversial gathering daft and stupid but hardly a hanging offenceWed Nov 25 2020 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: The 'save Christmas' appeal does not fit into narrative for lots of people‘Save Christmas’ drive relies on narrative of the emigrant’s return that belongs to another eraWed Nov 18 2020 - 01:00
Kathy Sheridan: Presumption evident in Séamus Woulfe’s attitude is arrogance crystallisedAt a human level, judge is in a pitiable position. At institutional level, he’s a source of fascinationWed Nov 11 2020 - 01:00
