Stephen Collins: Alan Kelly must rein in his anger to make Labour electableVoters tired of Coalition but who do not see Sinn Féin as viable option may look to LabourFri Nov 26 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Social partnership may be key to creating climate consensusAmbitious and worthy carbon targets will not be met without national agreementFri Nov 19 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Johnson steps back from the brink for nowNo knowing what the UK prime minister will do next after his erratic behaviour to dateFri Nov 12 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: The assumption Sinn Féin will lead next government is flawedParty looks likely to win most seats, but government formation is rarely that simpleFri Nov 5 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Will the Greens accept the need for nuclear power in Ireland?Environmentalists must move away from dogmatic stance against nuclear powerFri Oct 29 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Higgins didn’t follow through on McAleese’s message of hopePresident’s decision on partition event has breathed new life into a narrow nationalismFri Oct 22 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Critics of corporate tax strategy like pampered teenagersIt is a foundation stone of Ireland’s rise from one of the poorest countries in EuropeFri Oct 8 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Ireland may find out all too soon what radical change really meansGermans have realised strength of centrist politics as we are on verge of abandoning itFri Oct 1 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Higgins has put the Government in an invidious positionPrinciple of consent forgotten in furore over President's refusal to attend Armagh serviceFri Sep 24 2021 - 01:00
Mervyn Taylor: Quiet man who made a big noise in party politicsDivorce referendum was probably the high point of Labour minister’s political careerFri Sep 24 2021 - 01:00
Labour and Social Democrats are the losers in the Coveney confidence debateStephen Collins: Both parties missed chance to differentiate themselves from Sinn FéinFri Sep 17 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Politicians lose focus obsessing on Zappone sagaWhile political and fiscal problems loom, our elected repesentatives are distractedFri Sep 10 2021 - 01:00
Sinn Féin efforts to legitimise IRA show contempt for democracyStephen Collins: MacDonncha stance on dead gardaí event speaks volumesFri Sep 3 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Irish delusions about our place in the world have taken a hitWe have a seat on the security council but Kabul exit shows we can’t look after our ownFri Aug 27 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Micheál Martin looks safe for the time beingTaoiseach had successful year in office particularly in relation to handling of Covid-19Fri Jul 30 2021 - 01:00
Des O’Malley was defined by his struggle against armed republicanismOn the day of his funeral a reminder of O’Malley’s defence of democratic institutionsFri Jul 23 2021 - 01:00
O’Malley’s influence on Fianna Fáil extended beyond his expulsionOne-time party loyalist and then PD leader obliged FF to shelve ‘core value’: no coalitionThu Jul 22 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Bacik win points to place for Labour in politicsInstead of chasing SF populism, Labour needs to articulate vision for RepublicFri Jul 16 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Dublin Bay South count will tell us a lotVoters cannot transfer to another candidate of the same party, so where will they go?Fri Jul 9 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: SF hypocrisy on housing a challenge to GovernmentTwo-faced Sinn Féin calls for construction while blocking building projectsFri Jul 2 2021 - 10:37
Older generation needs to return favour after sacrifices of young peopleLocking down our society indefinitely to protect the fearful is not an optionFri Jun 25 2021 - 01:00
Timing of Varadkar’s speech on united Ireland is mystifying and recklessAll Tánaiste has done is stoke fears and give Johnson another excuse to break his wordFri Jun 18 2021 - 01:00
British sausage as key ingredient in talks shows how farcical NI protocol row has becomeUK prime minister ready to use every available trick to wriggle out of international dealFri Jun 11 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: What price Irish neutrality in today's world?Polls show majority of voters in favour of closer EU defence and security arrangementsFri Jun 4 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Extending emergency powers too easy for CoalitionSemi-totalitarian powers justified as emergency response have now been normalisedFri May 28 2021 - 01:05
Open discussion of EU matters is vital for confronting EuroscepticismThe Irish public’s support for the EU should not be taken for granted, but reinforcedFri May 21 2021 - 01:00
Varadkar’s days could be numbered if Fine Gael cannot hold onto Dublin Bay South seatHigh stakes for all the major political parties in Fine Gael heartland constituencyFri May 14 2021 - 01:00
McGuinness’s admiration for the queen was striking and unexpectedBritish monarch’s contribution to peace process has been undermined by BrexitFri May 7 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: McElwain tribute shows SF is no ordinary political partySinn Féin remains IRA mouthpiece and is untroubled by its ‘sinister’ databaseFri Apr 30 2021 - 01:00
EU is in a more stable place than UK and US despite vaccine woesStephen Collins: Member states emerging from Covid crisis more bonded than US and UKFri Apr 23 2021 - 01:00
The vaccines mess may end but economic clouds loom; no wonder people are frightenedStephen Collins: tricky tax and spending decisions loomFri Apr 16 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Border poll talk fails to take account of loyalist angerDemand for an early vote is further encouragement to those bent on creating mayhemFri Apr 9 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Doubts grow over Von der Leyen’s stewardshipIreland right to oppose vaccine export ban promoted by European Commission presidentFri Mar 26 2021 - 01:00
Covid-19 not the only threat to survival of GovernmentCoalition also facing internal pressures which could have destabilising impactFri Mar 19 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Support for Rusbridger has hollow ring to itEpisode could undermine Future of the Media Commission and its likely recommendationsFri Mar 12 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Johnson’s unilateral breaking of NI protocol could go horribly wrongLatest breach of trust by British government over protocol has potential to destroy trade deal with EUFri Mar 5 2021 - 01:00
Irish Times polls show what will determine Coalition’s survival prospectsStephen Collins: Response to Covid strategy is starting to strain Government relationsFri Feb 26 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Outbreak of EU bashing among Irish politicians is a serious overreactionAttacks on EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen are short-sightedFri Feb 19 2021 - 01:02
Stephen Collins: Fianna Fáil would regret sharing power with Sinn FéinOne of the big lessons of recent history is that SF devours those who do business with itFri Feb 12 2021 - 01:00
There may be a silver lining in von der Leyen’s appalling blunderPragmatics of NI protocol forced to top of political agenda in Brussels and LondonFri Feb 5 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: State’s Covid response compares well with elsewhereMistakes made and costs incurred but HSE has outperformed NHSFri Jan 29 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Trump values appear set to prevail at next Irish electionTrump playbook has taken firm root in Irish politics and his values look set to prevail hereFri Jan 22 2021 - 01:00
Public mood will turn ugly if people feel vaccine rollout is being botchedStephen Collins: Coalition needs to prove it has a plan for final phase of Covid-19 battleFri Jan 15 2021 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Do we want a shared island or a united Ireland?Nationalist Ireland must choose between two competing visions of the futureFri Dec 18 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Pooling national sovereignty has given Ireland great cloutBrexit saga shows Ireland can play a part in grown up world of international politicsFri Dec 11 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Decade of commemorations stoking cult of violenceThere is an increasingly one-sided presentation of the struggle for independenceFri Dec 4 2020 - 01:00
Stephen Collins: Biden’s support for Government’s North position a contrast to JFK's stanceUS president-elect has done a great service by beating Trump and will be firm on BrexitFri Nov 27 2020 - 01:00
Ireland would join Nato if price of joining EEC, TK Whitaker saidRIA historic documents: Monnet questioned if Ireland could face demands of free tradeMon Nov 23 2020 - 21:00
Macabre exhumation of Roger Casement’s remains documentedIrish diplomat gave account of London dig after ‘49 years in a waterlogged grave’Mon Nov 23 2020 - 01:50
Stephen Collins: Government must assert its authority over NphetExperts engaging in PR campaign to keep strict lockdown in place for DecemberFri Nov 20 2020 - 08:20