Stephen Collins: Why the French fear a long Brexit goodbyeEmmanuel Macron fears subversion of EU just as his predecessor Charles de Gaulle didThu Apr 11 2019 - 05:00
Stephen Collins: Conservatives finally crack in Varadkar’s game of chickenDeep split in Theresa May’s party now the biggest obstacle to soft BrexitThu Apr 04 2019 - 05:00
Letting UK hold another European election would be disastrousEuropean Parliament already faces increase of populist forces in next assemblyThu Mar 28 2019 - 05:00
Sinn Féin’s Brit-bashing is damaging to political discourseReturn to antique rhetoric suggests unionists have no right to live on this islandThu Mar 21 2019 - 05:00
House of Commons’s Brexit irresponsibility makes Irish democracy look goodStephen Collins: Failure to come together at time of national peril reveals rot in UK politicsThu Mar 14 2019 - 05:00
Brexit talks contain uncanny echoes of events a century agoEU gives Government cover to compromise on Border issue long overlooked in LondonThu Mar 07 2019 - 05:00
Current Dáil tottering toward demise as 'new politics' failsExperiment in ‘new politics’ has demonstrably failedThu Feb 28 2019 - 05:00
De Valera's empty formula could solve UK's Brexit impasseStephen Collins: Irish leader’s 1927 formula offers a way forward for the UK and EUThu Feb 21 2019 - 05:00
Coarsening of Irish politics in nobody’s interestsAppalled reaction to protest outside Simon Harris’s home may offer ray of hopeThu Feb 14 2019 - 05:00
Occupied Territories Bill’s proponents are as bad as BrexiteersStephen Collins: The legislation is political posturing that will have costly consequencesThu Feb 07 2019 - 05:00
Ireland cannot afford Leo Varadkar’s foolish missteps on BrexitStephen Collins: Government must maintain a cool head to counter Britain’s delusionThu Jan 31 2019 - 05:00
Sinn Féin reveals true self again with Venezuela infatuationParty dismisses concerns about electoral fraud, rights abuses and corruptionThu Jan 24 2019 - 05:00
Labour’s left wants chaos as much as the hardest Brexiteers doStephen Collins: The British party’s left-wing has long had a cynical attitude to IrelandThu Jan 17 2019 - 05:00
It’s time we took European Parliament elections seriouslyMay presents Ireland with chance to bolster a union burdened by populism and BrexitThu Jan 10 2019 - 05:00
Overlap between FG and FF good for Irish democracyEuropean model of left versus right politics is currently in meltdownThu Dec 20 2018 - 05:00
Decent middle England should reassert itself over BrexitBritish public opinion helped persuade UK government to grant our independenceThu Dec 13 2018 - 05:00
Emmanuel Macron pays price for doing the right thingProtests over fuel price rises in France provide a salutary lesson for political leadersThu Dec 06 2018 - 05:00
Stephen Collins: Brexit is no excuse for bashing the BritishIrish sneering at UK’s nervous breakdown is offensive and counter-productiveThu Nov 29 2018 - 05:00
Stephen Collins: Varadkar is gambling on tax cutsReturning to the tax-cutting agenda does not appear at first to make sense unless there has been a change of public mood since 2016Thu Nov 22 2018 - 05:00
Theresa May’s task has echoes of challenge faced by Michael CollinsUK prime minister must also sell her deal to a divided cabinet and parliamentThu Nov 15 2018 - 06:45
Khruschev sent Irish diplomat wine after ‘shoe banging’ incidentRussian president had furious row with Freddie Boland at UN in October 1960Tue Nov 13 2018 - 05:00
Officials tried to get JFK to visit Dublin in 1961Letter shows the US president was invited to Ireland soon after his inaugurationTue Nov 13 2018 - 05:00
Why Hitler's top SS man bought a farm in Co KildarePapers reveal exchanges between officials and ministers divided over Nazi Otto SkorzenyTue Nov 13 2018 - 05:00
Ireland’s 1961 application to join EEC fraught with fear of rejectionIn reversal of Brexit scenario, State concern was Irish exclusion but UK acceptance in EECTue Nov 13 2018 - 05:00
Letters show O’Brien had UN authority for actions in KatangaDisastrous intervention in Congo led to former special representative being disowned and criticisedTue Nov 13 2018 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Sinn Féin and DUP put party before people on BrexitDelicate compromise not bullying is key to securing agreement on UK withdrawalThu Nov 08 2018 - 05:00
Peter Casey’s success shows Irish media and politicians need to get realStephen Collins: Political maverick is likely to be forgotten quickly but lessons must be learnedThu Nov 01 2018 - 05:00
Casey phenomenon no harbinger of new form of populist politicsLate surge in support tapped into segment of Irish electorate prepared to rebel regularlyMon Oct 29 2018 - 06:00
Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney need to shut up on BrexitStephen Collins: Taoiseach’s taunting is hindering May’s chances of getting a good dealThu Oct 25 2018 - 08:58
Stephen Collins: How the truth became irrelevant to Frances Fitzgerald’s fateOnce the opposition and media set off down a false trail her resignation was inevitableThu Oct 18 2018 - 05:00
Next election may show Fine Gael has misjudged public mood againStephen Collins: Government puts self-interest over national interest on carbon taxThu Oct 11 2018 - 05:00
Stephen Collins: Ireland's bank guarantee workedMain political parties have paid a high price for doing the right thingThu Oct 04 2018 - 05:00
State still cannot bring itself to honour the memory of RIC menNo formal acknowledgement of sacrifice made by RIC and DMP menThu Sept 27 2018 - 05:00
Wariness of ‘perfidious Albion’ complicates Brexit talksStephen Collins: Both sides are reluctant to accept assurances without precise legal backingThu Sept 20 2018 - 05:00
Stephen Collins: Death of rural Ireland is a mythPainting changes in lifestyle as rural neglect could lead to wrong policy decisionsThu Sept 13 2018 - 05:00
Leo Varadkar looks to be preparing the ground for an early electionStephen Collins: Taoiseach knows he is vulnerable once the budget is passedThu Sept 06 2018 - 05:00
Attacks on cancer-screening programme threaten the lives of thousands of womenOpportunistic politicians, the media and medical negligence solicitors putting scheme at riskThu Aug 09 2018 - 05:00
Higgins’s campaign will be a careful balancing actStephen Collins: President must balance decorum of office against campaigningThu Aug 02 2018 - 05:00
Stephen Collins: Varadkar’s future may hang on Micheál MartinEverything is at stake for FG and FF leaders as confidence-and-supply nears its endThu Jul 26 2018 - 06:38
Crisis? What crisis? Why Varadkar’s right not to panic about BrexitStephen Collins: Ireland needs to remain calm while preparing for the worstThu Jul 19 2018 - 05:00
The time for Irish grandstanding on Brexit is overVaradkar will face strong pressure if he has to compromise on border backstopThu Jul 12 2018 - 05:00
Stephen Collins: Reaction to Drew Harris exposes SF hollow rhetoricMany who aspire to united Ireland raced to undermine new Garda CommissionerThu Jul 05 2018 - 01:00
Danube Delta Letter: Romania echoes Ireland of 1950sRomania needs EU investment to develop tourism and its natural resourcesSun Jun 24 2018 - 19:04
Stephen Collins: Royals have important role to play in political relationsPrince Charles’s visit comes as Brexit creates rift between Irish and British governmentsThu Jun 21 2018 - 01:00
Chaos in Westminster sees prospect of hard Brexit recedeSquaring Border circle remains one of the most intractable elements of negotiationsThu Jun 14 2018 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Maybe Theresa May has a cunning Brexit planPrime minister could be playing waiting game comparable with Jack Lynch during arms crisisThu Jun 07 2018 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Varadkar deserves credit for referendum landslideAbortion result strengthens Taoiseach’s hand before coming general electionThu May 31 2018 - 01:00
Thirty-five years of war: Bitter legacy of Eighth AmendmentThe abortion issue has convulsed the country repeatedly since the 1983 referendumMon May 28 2018 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Fine Gael may rue getting into bed with Sinn FéinAlignment with SF on judicial appointments to placate Shane Ross threatens democracyThu May 24 2018 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Health service a political football yet againState healthcare decisions must be on basis of facts not political advantage or emotionThu May 17 2018 - 01:00
