Folly of abolishing bedsits only to promote co-living is now becoming clear
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Police ombudsman investigating circumstances of Evan Fitzgerald’s death
Wicklow man (22) took his own life after discharging a firearm in Carlow shopping centre
Carlow gunman Evan Fitzgerald had other weapons, Garda investigation found
Investigators concerned about inability to determine source of items, which may have been from burglary or online
The idea that the Kremlin has kompromat on Trump seems increasingly plausible
If the White House capitulates to Putin on Ukraine, it will grossly and perhaps fatally betray the principles on which Nato was founded
There is a way to unblock Ireland’s infrastructural logjam
The Victorian model of having the legislature authorise major infrastructural development is the answer
I gave my friends hats which said ‘Make America Hate Again’. That’s what Trump is trying to do
I find it hard to understand how public opinion in America is not revolted by events such as the $200 million ‘gift’ of a jumbo jet that will become the president’s private property
Undercover gardaí supplied Carlow gunman with firearms and ammunition, Oireachtas hears
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris was questioned by politicians about Evan Fitzgerald’s case
EU cannot ignore what’s happening in Poland and The Netherlands
Fundamental change is not merely possible or probable; it is becoming an existential necessity
For all his bragging, Trump knows he has little leverage with either Putin or Netanyahu
Just as Trump folded his tent in the Doha discussions on Afghanistan and gave up threats to forcibly end North Korea’s missile programme, his boasts about doing deals look empty
The phoney war for the Áras: are the parties leaving it too late to declare?
The pattern of when presidential candidates are announced is not consistent
Michael McDowell rules out seeking nomination for presidential election
Independent senator believes Seanad Éireann is where he can most usefully serve
Migration policy is the EU’s biggest weakness and Donald Trump is aiming to exploit it
Across the member states, there is growing recognition that the much-vaunted EU migration pact is too little and too late
Military axis of Russia, China and North Korea will test what the West stands for
Issue of migration – especially economic migration disguised as asylum-seeking – is a growing issue for the political viability of the EU
Never mind the new pope, who’s going to replace Liveline’s spiritual leader, Joe Duffy?
Michael McDowell coy at book launch, Bertie gives state-of-the-world address and Mark Daly feels the heat
Michael McDowell ‘a man with a fearsome devotion’ to Ireland, says ex-president Mary McAleese
Tribute paid to former minister for justice and attorney general on launch of The Definite Article – a collection of his Irish Times columns
Ministers need to stop pointing out obstacles to delivery - and start tackling them
Constant headlines about housing schemes being struck down by councils, the planning board and the courts are chipping away at public confidence
There’s a simple reason why building projects - from the petty to the transformative - take so long in Ireland
This State must start thinking outside the box to deliver key housing and infrastructure
Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism
Where LGBTQ+ rights are bolstered, so too are women’s rights, and where they collapse, so too does authentic feminism
There is no ‘right’ to subvert women’s freedom to have their own events and spaces
UK ruling on meaning of ‘woman’ is reassuring for those alarmed by claims that gender is, somehow, entirely separate from sex and is a social, psychological construct
The fragmented EU will struggle in negotiations with the US
Trump’s revolting imagery of world leaders responding to tariff threats by ‘kissing my ass’ may go down well in redneck America. But it will backfire
Tariff war a major self-inflicted wound for the United States
Warning signs that this was where American was headed have been there since the days of the Tea Party and Glenn Beck
Our rights and freedoms are at stake in times as perilous as the late 1930s
If you completely divorce right from duty you create the duty-less selfish ideology of the plutocrats in Washington and Moscow
No European city would tolerate the decay and dereliction visible in Dublin
All of Ireland’s cities and larger towns need positive urban planning. That needs a revolution in government thinking
Irish councils lack ability to plan big cities, conference told
Current planning system ‘facilitates dereliction’, says Senator Michael McDowell
Conor McGregor’s presidential hopes are a warning to the Government parties to unite behind a strong candidate
Heather Humphreys is an obvious contender - but will Fianna Fáil go along with it?
Surgeons carried out 513 scoliosis procedures last year but 233 children still on waiting list
‘We are nowhere near where we would want to be’ with waiting times, Minister for Health says
Donald Trump and Elon Musk won’t be able to go on ignoring the damage to the bottom line
The state of the US stock market is the only metric that matters to Trump, while Musk has done real harm to the Tesla brand
Will no one shout stop as the MetroLink bill heads past €20bn?
We are blundering into this quango-driven catastrophe with our eyes wide open
Miriam Lord: Maga senator Sharon Keogan would only love to take Taoiseach’s place at shamrock jamboree
Independent senator wrote to the White House seeking a St Patrick’s Day invite
Trump wants to divide, destroy and subjugate the EU into a continent of economic vassal states
God help the Baltic states. Because Trump’s America won’t
So far the grotesque reality of Trump’s ambitions has exceeded all the worst predictions
Trump’s hardly concealed hatred for the EU has not really had a chance to manifest itself yet
The only argument in favour of a rotating Taoiseach is to give Simon Harris a turn at the wheel
With ideological differences no wider than a cigarette paper, you’d think the Government parties would have nothing holding them back. Think again
England is mired in self-doubt and disillusionment - but Ireland can’t afford to gloat
Keir Starmer is walking a very tricky tightrope. Figures close to Trump, including Elon Musk, openly speak of reversing the 2024 UK election outcome by removing him from office
Beware the phoney, flaccid consensus on events such as Storm Éowyn or Covid
We cannot afford to have a process of self-justification end up in a policy whitewash
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