We’ve taken to aping the protest style of Trump supporters

He recalls her ‘peculiar’ attitude to doctors, their ‘crazy’ love and their late daughter

Rather than a sign of weakness, a U-turn shows the presence of a functioning mind

The author’s story is a reminder to keep in sight the millions of decent Britons

England has long been a haven for our loved ones needing to escape social shaming or seeking a decent life

Careless tweets from influential people like Brian Stanley matter terribly

Controversial gathering daft and stupid but hardly a hanging offence

‘Save Christmas’ drive relies on narrative of the emigrant’s return that belongs to another era

At a human level, judge is in a pitiable position. At institutional level, he’s a source of fascination

Can we ever go back or have the four years of his presidency taken us in too deep?

Scepticism, fear and anti-vax beliefs contrast with stay-away patriotism of 1967 emigrants

Covid-19’s icy fingers are ripping the heart and hope out of ordinary people, but we need to find a unity of purpose

Out of 110,000 smear test invitations sent this summer, only 12,000 women responded

Country is split down the middle just when it needed unity of purpose

This is a president in desperate need of vast injections of cash to save his bacon

Simon Coveney’s BBC interview offered a steely rebuke to idea each story has two equal sides

The UK is still our neighbour despite Boris Johnson’s obfuscation on Brexit

Social solidarity will not flourish where power sticks thumbs in its people’s eyes

Best of 2020: Woulfe, Hogan, O’Rourke and Hayes trigger lazy comparisons with the Galway tent

There is a trove of lessons there for the new crop of politicians who want to learn

The time for a debate in Ireland on assisted suicide has come

Rule-of-law conditions in EU deal target its authoritarian, hate-spouting nationalists

There is no room for Covid-19 risk-taking or bellyaching about 14 days of quarantine

Polls show high percentage of populations harbouring belief in conspiracy theories

The ‘understanding’ that Ministers represent their regions is a dangerous fiction

Diving into the Republic’s politics at such a critical moment is quite a departure

The Civil War ceased being relevant to FF and FG policies in the 1950s

Despite criticism of how it treats workers, the company is having a good pandemic

Covid-19 committee must realise this is not the gotcha territory of the banking inquiry

Kathy Sheridan: Oliver Callan and Eoin Ó Broin should know better

Almost every reckless decision ever can be traced to someone persuaded he was a brilliant maverick

Constituency supremacy ideology of no use to FF and FG in government formation

A designated time each day would help those struggling in mandatory confinement

Why rush into an unsatisfactory arrangement while Covid-19 threat remains?

On the whole, the language on this pandemic is suddenly quite cosy, but many dangers lurk

Virus has introduced a new loaded label, ‘elderly with underlying conditions’

Reaction to coronavirus has become virtual laboratory for national self-scrutiny or lack of it

From facemasks to distrust of experts, coronavirus has brought out the worst in us

Kathy Sheridan: The fight now moves on to Los Angeles

Kathy Sheridan: Sinn Féin must grow accustomed to a vastly higher degree of accountability

Nothing about line-up of potential leaders suggests we have succumbed to an Orban or Salvini

Claims of privileged education serve too easily to deride Fine Gaelers across all media

Kathy Sheridan: Ask hard questions but beware of dangers of change for sake of change

Mostly they demonstrate if a candidate can remember their lines or not

Brexit showed how easily a country can tip over into something toxic and delusional

Moral grandstanding fosters anger and obscures improvements in many areas

Big gift for Christmas 2019 Ireland is the fact that it’s not Christmas 10 years ago

The perpetrators feel invincible. Lying is the default. Good luck to us all

NYT columnist briefly handing controls to her Trumpist sibling leaves readers with a problem

Fine Gael’s reaction to candidate's comments on immigration is infuriating

'Fact-free nonsense': Why would an educated young woman believe such things, never mind tweet them?

Concerns over fact that most teenagers view pornography has been known for a decade

The former US congresswoman has said she was worried that if she stayed in office, more compromising images would emerge

Fuss over voting practices is not on a par with historic political scandals

Lord Mayor’s acquiescence to Merrion Square camp puts city chief in bind

Kathy Sheridan: Ryan’s suggestion taps into perception of bubble-living urban dwellers

Taoiseach’s after-dinner jibe at Fianna Fáil was a cheap and silly potshot

Brexit mess, modern politics and the potential wisdom of myth

The clock is ticking on towards October 31st and some kind of vent is called for

Putting your foot in it: Boris Johnson’s bad manners at Élysée Palace is another example

Fearful of what? ‘Many things – people, life, swimming, bicycles, shouting, animals...’

Young America’s Foundation funding merits close ideological inspection

In a world where social media means no opinion ever goes unexpressed, the vox pop is hauling sand to the desert

Brexiteers are putting pressure on Dublin to act on something they do not care about

Next British prime minister peddles the same false hope and belief in his own centrality

New census questions inspire reflection on what a reader from the past might want to know

Leaks tell us everything about the feral rage coursing through Brexit patriots

Occasional act of assertiveness by a female contestant cannot belie all the self-regard, exterior personalities, sexual predation,(...)

Right to privacy is not so straightforward when running for prime minister of the UK

Atmosphere that pervaded the Garda and society wrecked many lives

This is a time when we can only feel a deep well of sympathy for ordinary British people

The dangled bait of a US-UK trade deal is laced with predatory controls and manipulations

Eamon Ryan and Terence Flanagan are beacons for struggle leading to success

Just 8.4% of funds flow through local government compared with Denmark’s 66%

Beleaguered street deserves the best we can offer in design and creativity

Dissidents failed to anticipate furious backlash from new generation

Declan Ganley’s response to Notre Dame fire was in stark contrast to the unity elsewhere

Some 3,000 bank workers express concern about their employers’ values

For years we craved youth in politicians. Now we have it, we should cut them some slack

Embryonic grouping is raising cash to run candidates in European elections

Good governance: Football is big business and needs to be run properly

Why are people shocked at Sinn Féin’s leader marching with a 100-year-old banner?

Group’s atrocities already notorious when ex-soldier travelled to Syria

What can be done about erosion of civility and humanity is a challenge for us all

Anyone running for office must be candid but she is also a tireless advocate for asylum seeker’s rights

Easy to see why MEPs keen to get noses in Brussels trough

Big questions remain about source of Leave campaign’s funds

Road death reduction has come a long way but there’s no room for complacency

A noxious, belligerent, misogynistic streak has leached into every social and political interaction

Boris Johnson’s showmanship must not be let reduce politics to entertainment

It’s the sheer resilience of human beings that makes the heart a wonder

Faulty assessments, unrealistic expectations and hazardous decisions are UK’s norm

Planning deadlines loom, building costs rise and not a block has been laid

Why every October, as nature is facilitating a natural adjustment to fading light, do we voluntarily hasten the onset of darkness?

In our rush to sympathise and praise we almost forgot Brexit is about immigration

Women-only posts plan triggers outrage but figures show deep-seated problem

McCabe and CervicalCheck episodes show harm done by political posturing

No heroic crusader, businessman knows very little and does not bother to find out

No individual should be allowed glide, unquestioned, through 14 years in the nation’s most prestigious job