His trajectory is proof that however you get to the top in Irish politics, it is not by fixing things
Fintan O'Toole
Finatan O'Toole columns
His faith in ‘simple market dynamics’ provided no real answers to Ireland’s long-term questions
There’s an interesting thing about this massive development: it doesn’t exist. It is an outline drawing of a possible notion
What has taken the place of Catholic doctrine as a governing ideology is a passionless managerialism
Even if the Government’s wording were not so wretched, there would be good grounds to vote against it to protest against the process of its creation
RTÉ is a toxic brew whose commercial business and profit-seeking push stale content, ads and inflated salaries at the expense of public service
Oireachtas committees are paper tigers. Why would anyone worry too much about what they think of them?
Now I’m about to turn 66, the Government wants me to delay taking my State pension. So why penalise me for not taking it?
It is an absolute requirement of democracy that those who exercise such power are accountable
What’s most extraordinary is that women themselves accepted that paid work was a male prerogative
Few did more to remove the barriers that separated mentally ill people from the rest of society
For the north Tipperary town and others, the ability to attract migrants should be a source of pride and energy rather than fear and suspicion
Catholic Church has indicated its willingness to assist the State in providing for a plurality of schools, and has positively engaged in a process to achieve reconfiguration of patronage at primary level
How do young male asylum seekers in Ireland now compare to their Irish migrant counterparts in England in the 1960s?
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