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Thousands gathered in Dublin in 2012 following the death of Savita Halappanavar to demand legislation on abortion. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Kitty Holland: Repeal movement settles for crumbs
  • Kitty Holland
  • October 24, 2017

Oireachtas committee vote on Eighth Amendment a significant setback

The Central Bank. The Dirt scandal is not ancient history – we’re still living with it. The Dirt scandal was the great alarm bell. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters Fintan O'Toole: The corruption of Irish banking goes back 30 years
  • Fintan O'Toole
  • October 24, 2017

The betrayal of basic ethics goes so deep only the criminal law can root it out

  • 7 comments
Archbishop Eamon Martin: “The reaction since my presence and words in the Church of Ireland cathedral on such a significant occasion, has affirmed my decision to accept the invitation.” Christians in Ireland share responsibility in healing the pain of our troubled past
  • Archbishop Eamon Martin
  • October 24, 2017

Outsiders see a history of division and sectarianism, of intolerance and open hostility

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 Thomas Hardy: fortnight-long visit to Ireland in May 1893. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images The Hardy way – An Irishman’s Diary on Thomas Hardy in Ireland
  • Hugh Oram
  • October 24, 2017

 Act Up campaigners last year calling on the Government and others to address the HIV crisis. Photograph: Eric Luke Una Mullally: Preventative HIV drug must be made available
  • Una Mullally
  • October 23, 2017

Almost 25 years ago, homosexuality was decriminalised in dark days of HIV/Aids

  • 13 comments
  • 8 shares
European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker: in some eyes, achievements are being made on the road to Brexit.  Photograph: Dario Pignatelli/Reuters Patrick Smyth: Mixed signals from Brussels on the border
  • Patrick Smyth
  • October 23, 2017

There was confusion after last week’s summit about whether sufficient progress had been made

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A severe influenza season will create a huge consequent strain on the health service. Emergency departments will choke up and some will be forced to close. Photograph: Alan Betson This is the winter our health system will finally collapse
  • Muiris Houston
  • October 23, 2017

The ineffectiveness of this year’s flu vaccines means hospitals will not be able to cope

  • 11 comments
  • 74 shares
Photograph: Courtesy of UCD Archives ‘An indefatigable journalist’ – An Irishman’s Diary on WP Ryan
  • Brian Maye
  • October 23, 2017

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Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe: He can harangue the banks. But will he give the Central Bank new powers? Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Tracker scandal: consumers sacrificed on altar of rescuing banks
  • Cliff Taylor
  • October 21, 2017

Cliff Taylor: Quiet acceptance emerged that customers could be charged a bit extra

  • 13 comments
  • 7 shares
 Derville Rowland Director,  director general of financial conduct at the Central Bank, and the bank’s governor Philip Lane. The Central Bank has still not made a single report of suspected fraud. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins. Fintan O’Toole: Tracker scam must become criminal inquiry
  • Fintan O'Toole
  • October 21, 2017

The banks’ rip-off of customers is not a scandal. It is either a miracle or a crime

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  • 6 shares
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: Government ministers tend not to speak any foreign languages. Mr Varadkar has twice gone to Downing Street but has yet to pay a visit to Paris or Berlin. Photograph: Cyril Byrne Ruadhán Mac Cormaic: Monoglot Ireland will be at loss post-Brexit
  • Ruadhán Mac Cormaic
  • October 21, 2017

Tight links to Anglosphere have blinded Ireland to other political and trade avenues

  • 35 comments
  • 24 shares
Voting on the pro-choice motion on abortion at the Fianna Fáil ardfheis earlier this month, in the RDS. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Abortion reform now entering the political process
  • Pat Leahy
  • October 21, 2017

Referendum will depend on what Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil agree between them

  • 10 comments
“The whole emphasis now will be on painting those who want abortion on demand, and those who want no abortion, as similarly extreme, and the fallacy of the middle ground will be trotted out again and again.” Oireachtas committee’s decision on Eighth Amendment was predictable
  • Breda O'Brien
  • October 21, 2017

Committee cannot now cast around for fig leaves by inviting anti-abortion advocates to address it

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 “And what of the Central Bank? It has been investigating for two years and insists it will continue to ‘challenge’ the lenders on their obfuscation.” File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times It is time to be less deferential to the banks
  • Diarmaid Ferriter
  • October 21, 2017

Institutions' culture of indifference to society has been evident since origins of the State

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  • 2 shares
“Harvey Weinstein was so powerful it is said that he could spin or suppress any investigation of his now revealed predatory sexual behaviour.” Photograph: Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images Gabriel Byrne: There are the likes of Weinstein in Dublin who should be feeling nervous
  • Gabriel Byrne
  • October 21, 2017

Victims were silenced by fear and shame, convinced they would not be believed

  • 21 comments
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When John Reed wrote ‘Ten Days that Shook the World’, which 10 days did he have in mind? Ten Days that Puzzled the Reader – An Irishman’s Diary about John Reed’s classic account of the Russian Revolution
  • Frank McNally
  • October 21, 2017

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A member of Iraqi Shiite group Hashd al-Shaabi stands in front of a crossed-out flag of the Kurdistan region in Kirkuk. Photograph: Bareq al-Samarrai/EPA Dreams of independent Kurdish state remain elusive as ever
  • Vincent Durac
  • October 20, 2017

Resumption of control by Baghdad over Kirkuk bolsters Iraqi president's position

The ineffectual politicians in ‘The Thick of It’ look almost competent compared with Theresa May. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Noel Whelan: Brexit has become a diplomatic dialogue of the deaf
  • Noel Whelan
  • October 20, 2017

The mantra ‘There will be no hard Border’ is not enough to magic the prospect away

  • 11 comments
  • 7 shares
Micheál Martin and Leo Vardkar: Sorry, chaps, it’s not all about who’s in charge Ten lessons for Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil from Tory election disaster
  • Tim Bale
  • October 20, 2017

Tips include: Goodbye negative campaigning, and beware the Eighth Amendment

  • 3 comments
  • 7 shares
Patrick Kavanagh.  The Wiltshire Collection, National Library of Ireland Black North – An Irishman’s Diary on Patrick Kavanagh and the darker side of farming
  • Frank McNally
  • October 20, 2017

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