When Charles Haughey refused to meet the ‘Nine Frozen Arses’ protesters
During an era of social media, sinister orchestration and fragmented politics, a path to resolution looks doubtful
Diarmaid Ferriter
Diarmaid Ferriter columns
Fawning focus on the Artemis II mission reveals a disturbing arrogance
We should leave the moon alone
This German thinker sounded an alarm about the EU and the US – are we ready to listen?
Jürgen Habermas insisted that ‘rearmament is the existential self-assertion of an EU that can no longer count on the protection of the US’
50 years after motorists camped overnight for petrol, Ireland is still a slave to oil
The current crisis highlights the sad longevity of the toxic combination of hubris, power and corruption the control of oil has generated
Dolores Keane’s honesty about her demons was as piercing as her singing
Being the custodian of so much was no easy path, but she knew she could not stop singing
How Micheál Martin should handle Trump for St Patrick’s Day: ‘Lie back and think of Ireland’
From ‘silence, guile and cunning’ to ‘don’t go’, here’s some advice for the Taoiseach on how to survive the Shamrock Ceremony
Iran war displaces millions, homelessness in Dublin and the new Elvis Presley movie
Early Edition with Andrew McNair – our top stories on Friday
Real legacy of Elvis may be contested, but his story recalls a better America
It is the vitality and soulfulness of Elvis on stage that lingers in Baz Luhrmann’s film, a powerful antidote to the usual preoccupation with his private demons
Donald Trump’s pressure-cooker approach to Iran was always going to explode
It suits Iranian militants to prolong confrontation by drawing their enemies into protracted regional conflicts
Fianna Fáil’s founding aims haven’t aged well for the party
Unity, a social system offering equal opportunities and fair distribution of land were among them
Few predicted just how deep AI’s race to the bottom would go
ChatGPT is the scourge of educationalists and others who care about research, writing, intellectual autonomy, truth and accuracy
Garret FitzGerald had flaws but he also had something novel: a vision for Ireland
He badly mishandled the abortion referendum in 1983 and failed to oversee the legalisation of divorce in 1986, but what he always had was a vision
Micheál Martin’s caution has become a screen he hides behind
Martin argues that confronting Trump is counterproductive, but decrying the current fascism is matter of morality
Ireland needs a better strategy than ‘hope’ when it comes to flood prevention
Concrete is at the centre of the Irish flooding dilemma, but it is not the solution either. We need to look to nature
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