While we celebrate St Brigid’s Day, Irish women are being financially penalised simply for their gender

‘No getting away from’ critical trading and economic relationship despite some EU views on confrontation

Worldview: In a remarkable speech in Davos, Canada’s PM Mark Carney spoke through the fog of diplomatic niceties of ‘a rupture in the world order’

The Frames and Swell Season frontman on giving back, speeding up and changing tack

Irish policy too often remains seablind, treating the ocean as a backdrop rather than a strategic domain

Standalone weapons investigation did not lead to key surveillance evidence being fed into wider inquiries

Who is considered family in Ireland can depend on whether you have written a will or not

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

Ask Roe: He can’t understand how I can associate with family and friends who think differently to me

We’re still not great at talking about mental health. But give us a life-threatening or even life-ending condition with a bit of a back story and we’re all over it

Our streets increasingly feel like a Wild West. The problem is that misuse of e-scooters and scramblers is treated as a form of antisocial behaviour instead of a public safety issue

A man’s protracted litigation against former partner has entered its 15th year, pushing legal costs to €350,000

Leinster winger has overcome multiple setbacks on his climb to the international ranks

Change coming at Department of Justice, Hamnet hits home with grief charity, wedding group hopes to turn Ireland in next Lake Como

The Australian author on her piercing coming-of-age novel Chosen family, nonbiological family bonds, and teenage queer identity

New books in translation from Russia, France, Switzerland, Norway and Finland

AIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB trying to stave off competition from Revolut and others

Could she accept the loss of Donetsk in exchange for a peace agreement, I asked Yulia Mykytenko, the bravest person I know. ‘It’s a very complex and painful question,’ she stressed

As Johan Keating dragged sodden possessions from his home this week, the little river that trickled uneventfully through his life had left scars previously unimaginable

Big American multinationals are ramping up their US investments - and this could have worrying implications for Ireland