Opinion

Tuesday 23 July 2019

'Like Trump, Johnson is a man of few principles, which means he is more likely to modify his position than many of the true-believing zealots.' Photo: Reuters/Henry Nicholls

Ian O'Doherty: 'Boris Johnson's 'reign of error' will be more like Dunkirk than the Moon landings he evoked'

WITH Boris Johnson expected to win today's Tory leadership by a margin of anything up to 73pc-27pc, and then to be installed as the new British prime minister tomorrow, a casual observer would be forgiven for assuming that such a commanding victory is the sign of a...

Growing problem: As the number of rape victims keeps rising, we may need to rethink our conversation around rape and safety.

Comment

Lorraine Courtney: 'Of course women shouldn't have to guard against rapists - but we have to be realistic'

ACCORDING to shocking headlines last week, young Irish women report rapes every 48 hours on foreign holidays. The Cork Sexual Violence Centre said all of these cases happened at holiday destinations abroad, and all...

'It’s wonderful indeed that, at 77, the most successful and prolific songwriter of the past 100 years still wants to strum that guitar, tickle those ivories and risk failing spectacularly at something he has never attempted before.' Photo: Ian West/PA Wire

Comment

Frank Coughlan: 'Wonderful - Macca takes on the musical'

THE performance had just started when I felt the tingle.

'His famously ambiguous relationship with facts will be scrutinised like never before.' Photo: Reuters/Simon Dawson

Editorial

Editorial: ''Bright spark' Johnson may end up burning the house down'

MOP-TOP or none, nobody does "the what you see is what you get" shtick better than Boris Johnson.

'Donald Trump – immune from finesse – humiliated Theresa May with his recent comments on Brexit and our ambassador to the US.' Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Letters

Letters to the Editor: 'Only a matter of time before we witness break-up of UK'

I COMPLETELY agree with Munjed Farid Al Qutob (Irish Independent, Letters, July 22). Theresa May is not solely to blame for the present parlous state of affairs in the UK. However, she didn’t help matters either.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney. Photo: Collins

Comment

John Downing: 'Coveney rightly got his Brexit retaliation in first, but what the Government does next will be crucial'

The bookish and courteous Philip Hammond is an unlikely political rebel. As UK foreign minister he enjoyed a good relationship with his Dublin opposite number, Charlie Flanagan.

Minister: Simon Harris will oversee the newly re-established HSE board. Photo: Collins

Comment

Patricia Casey: 'Moving deckchairs didn't save the Titanic, and won't do a thing for our health service'

Cabinet has agreed proposals to make changes to the HSE, following the Implementation Strategy which was developed by the cross-party Oireachtas Committee on Healthcare.

Comment

John Daly: 'My brush with the law in the Big Apple'

A note to anybody visiting New York this summer - it's never a good idea to ride your bicycle on a Big Apple footpath. I was reminded of this advice last week when the news broke that Corkman Keith Byrne faced imminent deportation as the Trump administration cracked down on undocumented aliens.

Open Champion Shane Lowry celebrates with the Claret Jug. Photo: Getty

Editorial

Editorial: 'Shane Lowry's win reflects the positive side of our isle'

Sport thrives on those miracles when men and women defy the odds and do the seemingly impossible. But sometimes sport also gives us all a shared miracle in the form of an opportunity to stop and reflect on the positive side of humanity and all that we have in common as people.

Letters

Letters to the Editor: 'Lisa Smith and her daughter should be welcomed home'

Are we being hypocrites when it comes to one of our own, Lisa Smith, and her child?

Britain's Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith and Tanaiste and Minister of Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney appear on BBC TV's The Andrew Marr Show in London. Photo: Jeff Overs/BBC/Handout via REUTERS

Comment

Kevin Doyle: 'Why it's so vital we keep 'telling it like it is' as BoJo moves in'

A new chapter in the Brexit story will open this week as Theresa May hands over the keys of No 10 Downing Street.

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Ian O'Doherty: 'Boris Johnson's 'reign of error' will be more like Dunkirk than the Moon landings he evoked'

Lorraine Courtney: 'Of course women shouldn't have to guard against rapists - but we have to be realistic'

Frank Coughlan: 'Wonderful - Macca takes on the musical'

Editorial: ''Bright spark' Johnson may end up burning the house down'

Letters to the Editor: 'Only a matter of time before we witness break-up of UK'

John Downing: 'Coveney rightly got his Brexit retaliation in first, but what the Government does next will be crucial'

Patricia Casey: 'Moving deckchairs didn't save the Titanic, and won't do a thing for our health service'

John Daly: 'My brush with the law in the Big Apple'

Editorial: 'Shane Lowry's win reflects the positive side of our isle'

Letters to the Editor: 'Lisa Smith and her daughter should be welcomed home'

Kevin Doyle: 'Why it's so vital we keep 'telling it like it is' as BoJo moves in'

Ian O'Doherty: 'Boris Johnson's 'reign of error' will be more like Dunkirk than the Moon landings... Opinion

Kim Bielenberg: 'New British PM should write a long thank-you note to the Irish' Comment

John Downing: 'BoJo ends the canvass with a British bulldog impersonation' Comment

Letters to the Editor: 'Only a matter of time before we witness break-up of UK' Letters

Lorraine Courtney: 'Of course women shouldn't have to guard against rapists - but... Comment

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Comment

William Booth: 'Date with destiny for maverick who doesn't always let facts get in his way'

John Downing: 'BoJo ends the canvass with a British bulldog impersonation'

Frank Coughlan: 'Wonderful - Macca takes on the musical'

Lorraine Courtney: 'Of course women shouldn't have to guard against rapists - but we have to be realistic'

John Daly: 'My brush with the law in the Big Apple'

Stephen Mihm: 'Recession forecasts are so bad, they're good - and give us important insight'

Kevin Doyle: 'Why it's so vital we keep 'telling it like it is' as BoJo moves in'

Ciara Kelly: 'Why I have zero sympathy for Lisa Smith'

Niamh Horan: 'Co-living works - but don't tell that to the foaming mouth brigade'

Philip Ryan: 'Son's job with Daly puts Wallace's past back in spotlight'

Columnists

Patricia Casey: 'Moving deckchairs didn't save the Titanic, and won't do a thing for our health service'

Declan Lynch: 'US explores the infinite blackness of Trump's soul'

Eoghan Harris: 'Taoiseach should prepare the Irish people for some backstop tweak'

John Masterson: 'I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want'

Dan O'Brien: 'It's not exaggerating to fear that something akin to an economic war could break out with Britain in months'

Colette Browne: 'In the age of #MeToo, we all need to call out sexual crime and help bring an end to wave of violence'

Ian O'Doherty: 'The time for optimism has passed - and now we're looking at a hard Border whether we like it or not'

John Masterson: 'These are just a few of my favourite things...'

Dan O'Brien: 'We simply can't have our trading cake and eat it too'

Declan Lynch: 'Our leaders are managing their own careers just fine, thank you'

Letters

Letters to the Editor: 'Only a matter of time before we witness break-up of UK'

Letters to the Editor: 'Lisa Smith and her daughter should be welcomed home'

Letters to the Editor: 'Love is in the air for all ages'

Letters to the Editor: 'Johnson and Hunt need reminding of shared history before they wreak havoc with no deal'

Letters to the Editor: 'Nature will present us with a bill and we will have to pay'

Letters to the Editor: 'Dublin businesses Dún for if council doesn't park its plans'

Letters to the Editor: 'Time to rethink backstop'

Letters to the Editor: 'We must remember how fortunate we are to be able to live a happy life in our modern republic'

Letters to the Editor: 'Trump just keeps getting more and more ridiculous'

Letters to the Editor: 'Refugees revitalise societies in which they are able to settle'

Editorial

Editorial: ''Bright spark' Johnson may end up burning the house down'

Editorial: 'Shane Lowry's win reflects the positive side of our isle'

Editorial: 'Giant leap from raucous discord'

Editorial: 'Trump does a disservice to what makes America great'

Editorial: 'HSE needs drastic surgery - we can only hope for a cure'

Editorial: 'All sectors must combine to cut insurance costs'

Editorial: 'New tactics for the Brexit endgame'

Editorial: 'Government must be clear on its planning for no deal'