Olivia O’Leary: Michael D Higgins, the wily old leftie, has always been a supreme politician
So the script lay abandoned at his feet, witness to the oratorical skills of Michael D Higgins as he launched into his speech ...
As UK grapples with Elon Musk’s interventions, there’s no room for complacency here on child protection
A 2023 study found that young people in State care, particularly girls, were being targeted by older men who plied them with ...
Have our politicians forgotten what happens when you lose control of the public finances?
Things are good now, but there’s a worrying sense in our new government that the economy will look after itself ...
‘Meta sees me as a golden goose.’ How Zuckerberg’s AI creations went rogue and gave the game away
Facebook and Instagram have pulled the plug on AI avatars Grandpa Brian and Liv but their successors will soon flood our ...
‘The phone would ring and it would be Mike Scott from the Waterboys or Bono from U2. Everyone wanted to talk to my father’
Film-maker, photographer and writer Bob Quinn has always refused to conform, but people seemed to love him for it, writes his ...
Tripling Beaumont’s emergency department and a new 95-bed ward among plans to update hospital
Infrastructure and digitisation are key challenges facing Anne Coyle, who returns to helm the north Dublin hospital having ...
Malachy Clerkin: Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen make this an unmissable NFL playoff weekend
Impending battle between quarterbacks for the Ravens and Bills enables season’s two most exciting players to face off ...
Sally Rooney takes climate fight to Mayo County Council by objecting to ‘toxic’ data centre plan
Plus: Defence Forces spending on Pilates sounds like a bit of a stretch, Michael McGrath discusses European master plan in ...
From woke to wooing: companies kneel before Donald Trump
Coca-Cola hit the headlines after gifting Trump with his very own personalised Diet Coke bottle for his inauguration ...
Wife gets protection order against husband who allegedly used ‘sex objects’ on her ‘without asking me’
A protection order was granted to another woman who has been separated from her husband for several years but they remain ...
Inside Dublin’s United Arts Club: ‘I probably walked by this building hundreds of times without knowing what it was’
The United Arts Club, on Fitzwilliam Street Upper, has been supporting its members for more than a century. After some quiet ...
Chris Packham: ‘I was a very angry young man, confused because of my undiagnosed autism. It had an enormous impact on my life’
British environmentalist and BBC presenter Chris Packham on battling to save the planet, standing up to his enemies, and how ...