Shipping the entire Government off to drink green beer and hum along to Zombie in far-flung places on St Patrick’s Day is an expensive form of therapy

Margaret Loftus’s story is different because she and her tormentor were gardaí. He remains a member of the force

Whether it is describing a traumatic life experience or a shocking human rights abuse, ChatGPT will do so with the emotional register of a McDonald’s server offering you a meal deal

This is especially true where issues involving women are concerned, and 2025 was no exception

Now that the Australian social media ban is here, surveys that suggested 80% of parents supported it in theory are beginning to look wildly optimistic

Trump uses bullying and personal attacks on his enemies - but we should be wary of the impulse to do the same

A rebellious woman used to be someone who took up arms; now it’s Miriam O’Callaghan revealing she leaves her eye make-up on for a week

Why are we so starved of big ideas that it takes an oped or a throwaway remark by a billionaire to start a national conversation?

Other vulnerable young people like Adam Raine are growing dependent on machines they believe understand them

Some day, if women keep playing our cards right, one us might get to be appointed Minister for Finance or president of the GAA

The eruption of Tricolours by a small group of people who want to make a point about immigration has left the rest of us in a bind

Part of the RTÉ show’s appeal was that it made space for the kind of people we don’t see enough of on our screens

If only Britain had been paying attention, the Irish courts offered a masterclass in how to avoid getting drawn into the culture wars

Spoiler alert: the solution, in many cases, is ‘granny’ or, perhaps less often, ‘granddad’

The photographs coming in on the wires are unfathomable: children with horribly protruding ribs, hollow eyes, scabbed lips and noses, distended bellies