Ireland is going through a period of transition. How Simon Harris navigates the role of Taoiseach will be a test of what the future holds
Diarmaid Ferriter
Diarmaid Ferriter columns
Throughout his career, Varadkar used the media to fly kites or issue provocative statements, but if there was a negative reaction he qualified them almost to the point of meaninglessness
Is the view that the 'ordinary people of Ireland would always get their politics right in the long run' still valid?
Some of the issues raised by politicians one hundred years ago about public service broadcasting still haven’t been satisfactorily answered
Some issues do not engage the electorate and that would not be a wholly unfair conclusion given the fog around the upcoming amendments
It might be tempting to construct a historical narrative that would present the resurrection of Casement Park as a symbol of transformation and reconciliation, but that would be naive
Global temperatures have breached what is regarded as the red line of calamity - 1.5 degrees - yet we’re still focused on all the wrong things
Some of Bruton’s admirers think his role in the peace process has been unduly neglected
Those on both sides of the unity argument need to find answers that go beyond sloganeering
There may be a danger of replacing one ambiguity with another in redefining ‘family’
Let’s be real about the Páirc Uí Chaoimh renaming controversy: money has always been part of the GAA
We tend to be very selective in our attitudes towards commercialism and our national games
The reliance on for-profit care raises crucial questions about power, cost, the stance of the State and the status of older people
It is striking how similar themes of managing internal unionist tensions and relations with London and Dublin endure a century after the Boundary Commission
Their deep friendship was intriguing, warm and sometimes spiky – but she deserves more than to be entirely defined by it
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