Opinion

Thursday 16 August 2018

HOT PROPERTY: Workers take a lunch break in the shadow of the apartment blocks around Dublin’s Grand Canal Dock. Photo: Tony Gavin

How can living in Dublin cost more than Geneva?

During the World Cup the pubs around central Dublin found themselves unexpectedly thronged by flash mobs of young Poles, Germans, Brazilians and assorted other nationalities in team shirts, who gathered by text message to support their compatriots. One embarrassed...

Scut Kelly, a drinker for 30 years, is sober now and visiting Canada for a family wedding

Comment

Another dry day and I'm ready to try some dating

Well the feet haven't touched the ground since I landed in Pearson, that's the name of the airport in Toronto. Non stop, be jaysus, and now it's the big day and I'm sitting listening to wedding speeches and to be honest with ye the jet lag is hitting me so I'm kinda tuning in and out but I feel okay like.

Mr Reilly says the market in prime locations around Dublin is driven by these big earners. Stock image

Analysis

High-flying executives on six-figure salaries are driving 'Googleland' rent

Young high-flying executives on salaries of between €100,000 and €200,000 are driving up rents in prime locations in Dublin city centre.

FIGHTING ON: Melissa watches over Michael during hospital treatment

News

Looking for silver lining in the battle to stay alive

Michael Mullan had the world at his feet as he took up his scholarship at Harvard Law School.

DISGRACE: Margaret Cash cried all night after her children (from left) Johnny (11), Rocky (2), Jim (4) Andy (1) Tommy (10) and Miley (7) were forced to sleep in Tallaght Garda Station

Irish News

Mother savaged on social media exposes reality of homeless life

Margaret Cash has emerged from her homeless ordeal of sleeping with her children in a Garda station with a temporary roof overhead but reeling from an online savaging.

'I just stayed awake and watched the kids. My heart was broken' - mother of children...

SUPPORT: Dr Gillian O’Brien, clinical director of mental health charity Jigsaw, says that educating parents is one of the most important aspects of providing help for young people with mental health needs. Photo: David Conachy

Analysis

'The father just didn't understand how his suicidal son could feel so stressed'

The young man always stands out in Dr Gillian O'Brien's memory. "He was just 19 at the time of his suicide attempt, a really serious overdose, and he'd ended up in hospital in Dublin," O'Brien, a clinical psychologist, recalls.

FAMILY FAITH: Wendy Grace and her husband Karl Melady meet Pope Francis in June 2014 at a Papal Audience in Rome. The Pope is due to arrive in Ireland on Saturday, August 25

Analysis

Any whiff of faith and the illiberal liberals start Catholic-bashing

Fascist, backwards, bigot, homophobe - just some of the words many Catholics have been called for daring to have a voice in the public sphere. And with Pope Francis's visit less than two weeks away, it's going to be oh so tempting for politicians and pundits to participate in long diatribes of venom directed at the...

Irish News

La vie est belle - the vital lessons we learned from our holiday nightmare

It was the morning of the World Cup soccer final. My family and I had just arrived in France for our long-awaited two-week holiday. Within 20 minutes of leaving Roscoff ferry port we were almost killed in a horrific car accident. The driver who hit us - a young French woman - had fallen asleep at the wheel.

PLACES IN THE HEART: Gerry Healy with writer Wayne O’Connor in
Charlestown. Photo : Keith Heneghan

Irish News

Someone shouted stop!

In his searing polemic on the sad state of his native place published 50 years ago this summer, John Healy bitterly lamented the flight of people from Co Mayo.

Frank: Former DUP leader Peter Robinson was denounced when he said it was prudent to plan for any outcome over the Border. Photo: Damien Eagers

Ruth Dudley Edwards

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Unionists are debating the future - who is listening?

I've been reading and hearing a lot recently about unionist attitudes to the possibility of losing a border poll on a united Ireland, and am reminded of a remark that always pops up in my memory when I'm thinking about this the island's future.

Declan Lynch

We have the sweetest sporting deal on earth

Verily we have been favoured by the gods. They have blessed us in such a way we can celebrate without hesitation the performance of a team of ours which was beaten 6-0 in a World Cup final.

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How can living in Dublin cost more than Geneva? Colm McCarthy

DISGRACE: Margaret Cash and her six children were forced to sleep on plastic chairs in Tallaght Garda Station.

Brendan O'Connor: Leftist ideology does not always help the homeless Columnists

'The father just didn't understand how his suicidal son could feel so stressed' Analysis

Any whiff of faith and the illiberal liberals start Catholic-bashing Analysis

High-flying executives on six-figure salaries are driving 'Googleland' rent Analysis

West Dublin gangland criminal Jason 'Jay' O'Connor

Traveller crime family flees as Kinahan mob hires hitmen to collect €400k Crime

Firefighters and rescue workers stand at the site of the collapsed Morandi bridge in the port city of Genoa. Photo: Reuters

Up to 300 bridges and viaducts in Italy are at risk of collapsing Europe

Ireland to be hit by heavy downpours as subtropical storm heads across the... Irish News

Pope Francis arrives at Rome’s Circus Maximus (Andrew Medichini/AP)

Hospitals to send patients home to free up beds ahead of the visit of the Pope Pope Francis in Ireland

In pictures: First look at what Pope Francis will be wearing during his Irish... Pope Francis in Ireland

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Another dry day and I'm ready to try some dating

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Comment

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The population of Charlestown, Co Mayo, has been growing steadily in recent decades — even as the population of the overall county is reducing. Photo: Keith Heneghan

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Lockers and leavers differ over loo-ssez faire attitude

Conservative Ireland would rather grandparents remain unsung

Obituary: Burton Richter

Breastfeeding: Why are we squandering a natural resource that benefits us all?

There's no future for Fianna Fail in the past

Columnists

Bearded Buccaneer takes on cycling's biggest beast

I suppose a ride is out of the question? It would appear not for Johnny Ronan, who flew to Provence last week with such a deed on his mind.

NO CHOICE: Henrik Sass Larsen says centre-left parties must act on immigration and globalisation.

Dan O'Brien: Danish lessons for Irish progressives on how to avoid being left in the lurch

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Eoin O'Malley: Preparing our children for life after the Leaving is not just the job of our schools

Did Plato...

Brendan O'Connor: Leftist ideology does not always help the homeless

In the age of instant outrage, we react with...

Bearded Buccaneer takes on cycling's biggest beast

We are all fooling ourselves with fitness

I don't think I'll ever be past my Prine

Boris puts his foot in it - not for the first time

Mary Kenny: New impressions of femininity

Brendan Keenan: Focus on house-price hikes obscures the real dangers facing the economy

Letters

'The countries of western Europe have already taken upon themselves some necessary measures to reduce their carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions in order to lessen the damage that could happen to them and the rest of the human race' (stock picture)

Climate world war started

Sir - A study called 'Trajectories of the Earth system in the Anthropocene', published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, warns a hothouse Earth may,...

Courage of Martin O'Donoghue

Sir - The late Martin O'Donoghue (Obituaries, Sunday...

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams at a press conference alongside prominent Sinn Fein members (from left) Bobby Storey, Gerry Kelly, and Caral Ni Chuilin following an explosives device attack on his and Bobby Storey's homes. Photo: PA Wire

Adams shows no concern for past

Sir — Regarding Wayne O’Connor’s report on the attack on Gerry...

How can living in Dublin cost more than Geneva?

Another dry day and I'm ready to try some dating

High-flying executives on six-figure salaries are driving 'Googleland' rent

Looking for silver lining in the battle to stay alive

Mother savaged on social media exposes reality of homeless life

'The father just didn't understand how his suicidal son could feel so stressed'

Any whiff of faith and the illiberal liberals start Catholic-bashing

La vie est belle - the vital lessons we learned from our holiday nightmare

Someone shouted stop!

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Unionists are debating the future - who is listening?

We have the sweetest sporting deal on earth

How can living in Dublin cost more than Geneva? Colm McCarthy

Brendan O'Connor: Leftist ideology does not always help the homeless Columnists

'The father just didn't understand how his suicidal son could feel so stressed' Analysis

Any whiff of faith and the illiberal liberals start Catholic-bashing Analysis

High-flying executives on six-figure salaries are driving 'Googleland' rent Analysis

Traveller crime family flees as Kinahan mob hires hitmen to collect €400k Crime

Up to 300 bridges and viaducts in Italy are at risk of collapsing Europe

Ireland to be hit by heavy downpours as subtropical storm heads across the... Irish News

Hospitals to send patients home to free up beds ahead of the visit of the Pope Pope Francis in Ireland

In pictures: First look at what Pope Francis will be wearing during his Irish... Pope Francis in Ireland

The Daily Digest

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Editor's Choice

Another dry day and I'm ready to try some dating

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Comment

Katie Byrne: High concept, traditional or unisex — what does your baby name say about you?

Why I'm 'donating' my archive

Old Main Street is a dead end, let's look for another way ahead

Jody Corcoran: Shrill voices raining down on heads of the homeless

Could it be that Aras hopefuls are betting on a big Higgins implosion?

Lockers and leavers differ over loo-ssez faire attitude

Conservative Ireland would rather grandparents remain unsung

Obituary: Burton Richter

Breastfeeding: Why are we squandering a natural resource that benefits us all?

There's no future for Fianna Fail in the past

Columnists

Bearded Buccaneer takes on cycling's biggest beast

Dan O'Brien: Danish lessons for Irish progressives on how to avoid being left in the lurch

Eoin O'Malley: Preparing our children for life after the Leaving is not just the job of our schools

Brendan O'Connor: Leftist ideology does not always help the homeless

Bearded Buccaneer takes on cycling's biggest beast

We are all fooling ourselves with fitness

I don't think I'll ever be past my Prine

Boris puts his foot in it - not for the first time

Mary Kenny: New impressions of femininity

Brendan Keenan: Focus on house-price hikes obscures the real dangers facing the economy

Letters

Climate world war started

Courage of Martin O'Donoghue

Adams shows no concern for past

Is Trump listening to voices of reason?

Line gives help to combat loneliness

Don't be fooled by Sinn Fein hypocrites

True cost of €4bn bill for landlords

Abdicating responsibility

Catching the teaching bug

Life after the Leaving Cert

Editorial

Quotes of the week

Housing becoming a national scandal

Act now to atone for this great hurt

Growing menace of anti-social crime

Europe must act on migration crisis

Ireland must push for Brexit deal

Quotes of the week

Looking for a light at end of the tunnel

EU remains firm but fair on Brexit

Economy good but caution required