Opinion

Breda O'Brien

Expensive brands are markers of a society that values all the wrong things

Jennifer O'Connell

How did we go from liberal bastion to cautionary tale about ‘Ireland-like scenarios’?

Cliff Taylor

Too few gardaí on the streets? Wait until you hear about builders, medics, teachers, planners, bus drivers

Patrick Smyth

British repudiation of the European human rights convention could blow a hole in the Belfast Agreement

Pat Leahy

This is exactly the right time for a conversation about migration

David McWilliams

Ireland’s problem is not money, it is management. Let’s fix the management

Stephen Collins

When so many gardaí are quitting, something is seriously wrong

Justine McCarthy

It was wrong of Leo Varadkar to send a servant of the State to Ben Dunne’s funeral

Diarmaid Ferriter

The far right is not strong in Ireland. It’s up to social media platforms to keep it that way

Newton Emerson

Here’s what you might not know about ‘woke’ water cannons and their use in riots

Finn McRedmond

Forget Taylor Swift or Giorgia Meloni. There’s one outstanding candidate for Person of the Year

Kathy Sheridan

When Elon Musk agrees that Conor McGregor should run for office, reality has overtaken parody

Michael McDowell

We need to get real: the entire system of criminal justice is in crisis