We're not the best or worst, but we could be great if we were as brave as our emigrants

17 hours ago

Photographing the first day of school will freeze the moment but not the memory

17 hours ago

What will you say when a child asks: 'Why are we driving a vehicle that is killing our planet?'

1 day ago

It seems we will tolerate any wrong so long as it is small

1 day ago

Ireland is hopelessly undefended

17 hours ago

Will Ireland continue to take TikTok's money after M9 crash? Too bloody true we will

1 day ago

With Meta's 'pervert glasses', we really are going through the digital looking glass

2 days ago

Madonna should invite Micheál Martin over for dinner – they have a lot in common

3 days ago

Are we a nation of flaming hypocrites?

3 days ago

Huguenots' legacy written across fabric of Ireland, including Waterford's famous 'blaas'

4 days ago

Few embrace athletics to get rich, but we are indebted to them for their achievements

5 days ago

Water rationing is probably inevitable unless people are made to pay for it

5 days ago

We reached 'peak-woke' in 2020-2023. Today that looks ridiculous

6 days ago

A strict approach to citizenship would be a policy of inclusion

6 days ago

What a shameful, disreputable clown Donald Trump is

7 days ago

M9 crash: Grown-ups had a role to play in dangerous actions by children

7 days ago

Social media and accountability

17 hours ago

AI is here to stay, but proceed with extreme caution

17 hours ago

Ireland should be at the forefront of the drive to save Ukraine

17 hours ago

Teacher shortage is a shortage of action

17 hours ago

Low transplant rates have serious repercussions

17 hours ago

Stairway to Heaven – Frank McNally on how our favourite painting became a TikTok sensation

4 hours ago

A timely warning on AI from Bill Gates

4 hours ago

Dolly Parton: no better American life

7 hours ago

Lessons must be learned from the Skyclarys saga

1 day ago

US economic sanctions on trade with Iran are a blunt weapon

1 day ago

The discourse around super-thin is fraught: Could we replace it?

2 days ago

As Trump poll ratings slide divisions threaten to fracture Republican Party

1 day ago

We can and should do better for Gaza students seeking to study in Ireland

2 days ago

College entry system is rigged in favour of comfortable classes

3 days ago

How do we explain joy that went beyond traditional supporters when Mayo won All-Ireland?

3 days ago

There are lies, damned lies and AI: why I despise 'artificial intelligence'

4 days ago

M9 crash: Why does extreme risk-taking appeal to some young people and what can we do about it?

4 days ago

Ireland may not have mutant Blitz attitude to climate crisis but we have our own potent version

4 days ago

I'm now a lecturer at the college that didn't offer me a place when I did my Leaving Cert

5 days ago

M9 crash exposes limits of rules on social media giants when it comes to online harms

5 days ago

Sláintecare is meant to move us towards universal healthcare, so why has this not happened?

6 days ago

Ireland's approach to religious-run schools breaches many families' constitutional rights

7 days ago

Bad political leadership is blocking Ireland's path to energy efficiency

8 days ago

Help to Buy scheme is a money pit that benefits higher earners

8 days ago

The Phoenix Park has an identity problem. But there is an easy fix

9 days ago

Ireland needs an agriculture policy. Instead it has an agri-food industry

9 days ago

Twenty years on, Amanda Knox is still in trouble for laughing

10 days ago

Patrick Honohan: Why Anglo bankers were never sanctioned like those at INBS

10 days ago

The Danube ran dry, and revealed an overblown metaphor

10 days ago

Christian Brothers are an easy target but I am slow to stand in judgment

10 days ago