Balderdash and baloney: David McWilliams’ nonsense rhymes in The Irish Times

Master McGrath’s EU Commission gig — a new low or a nothingburger?

It’s a long, long way from Clare to Dublin

I live in the Clare countryside, two miles outside the village of Quin, about 8 miles…

Are lunatics running asylum processes in the UK and Ireland?

Chariots for hire: Irish political prospects in 2024

Arrivederci, Leo Varadkar

According to the newspaper’s on-line archive, the word “Lemass” did not appear anywhere in The Irish Times of 8…

Ireland is full. Go forth and multiply!

South Korea punches well above its weight in many commendable ways, indeed arguably among…

Whither Sinn Féin?

Our regular semi-annual temperature taking of the broader political scene in Ireland will be along soon.

Independents — Healy Raes and holy rows

The contours of Ireland’s parliamentary politics were simple enough when I was growing up…