David McWilliams: Difference in affluence between those who own their own homes and those who rent in Ireland is off the scale
Spurious planning objections amount to anti-social behaviour - we should build and build
2022 Review of the Year
Fintan O’Toole: We are living with the possibility of no future, of civilisation coming towards its end
‘2022 was a year when the post-lockdown dawn turned out to be the morning after the night before’
My father bought two bunches of flowers the day I was born, one for my mother, the other for his girlfriend
Hilary Fannin’s Year: For Halloween I dress up as a 60-year-old with peroxide blonde hair, a chain-store jumper and too much eye make-up, and lie on the couch with the cat, eating fun-size Mars bars. It’s wonderful
2022 in Review: War forces the West to contemplate new world order
Ukraine war has highlighted limits of the lure of western values globally and the scepticism of much of the global south over the West’s intentions
2022 Timeline: An Oscars slap, Russia’s attack, wildfires in Europe – a year to remember for all the wrong reasons
The shortest lived premiership in UK history, Aisling Murphy, Climate Change and death of Queen Elizabeth
Climate crisis in 2022: The year extreme weather events hit home
While increasingly hitting the developed world, it is poorer countries suffering most
2022 in review: Three days that set the tone for the year in politics
The lifting of the Covid restrictions in January was the defining moment of an up-and-down year in which the leaders of the main parties enjoyed and endured mixed fortunes
The year in people: Who had a good one? Who didn’t?
From politics to entertainment and sport, Eoin Butler casts a critical eye over the heroes and the zeros of 2022
Economy in 2022: Ireland’s two tiers have come into sharp focus
State’s multinational sector is booming despite tech sector wobbles as consumers and smaller businesses feel the pain
Six reasons to be thankful this year, from an autism diagnosis to discovering a new sibling
2022 in review: Despite the up and downs, our readers share their joyous and unforgettable moments from the past 12 months
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