Opinion

Sunday 20 January 2019

An off-duty SAS soldier leads a woman to safety after the Nairobi attack. Photo: Reuters

Niamh Horan: 'Just as a 'toxic' man can prove heroic, many women can hide a shadow side'

Last Wednesday afternoon, an unnamed man was shopping in Nairobi when he received word that a nearby hotel was under siege by Islamist terrorists.

Silvio Berlusconi will be contesting the European parliament elections in May. Photo: Getty

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Paddy Agnew: 'Brexit fallout 'to shape Euro elections''

At 10am in Milan last Tuesday morning, about 12 hours before Theresa May's spectacular Brexit defeat in the House of Commons, another potentially significant European development was beginning.

A protester at a Not my Taoiseach protest on Molesworth Street outside Leinster House. Photo: Damien Eagers / INM

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Philip Ryan: 'Gardai play spot the yellow vest as angry brigade stay at home'

A solitary protester approached the garda barrier on Kildare Street last Tuesday afternoon with all the intensity of William Wallace facing down the English at the Battle of Falkirk.

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Dan O'Brien: 'The backstop is dead and the no-deal Brexit looms'

Britain did not swallow the Irish border backstop. The massive rejection by Westminster of the EU Withdrawal Agreement containing the backstop reflects well on none of the participants in the Brexit fiasco. That includes the Irish Government.

Categorically, let me state here that neither Simon nor any other minister has ever proposed 'Border' checks to me. Our focus is entirely on getting the backstop and Withdrawal Agreement over the line. Photo: Michelle Devane/PA

Shane Ross

Shane Ross: 'Checkpoints, a googly and Leinster House's lunatic fringe'

God bless Drew Harris, our independent Garda Commissioner. God bless Josephine Fehily, chairwoman of the Policing Authority. God bless Ireland's road victims groups. Credible voices of sanity emerged from last week's political madness about whether gardai should be enforcing the law.

Former Taoiseach Enda Kenny. Photo: Steve Humphreys

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Philip Ryan: 'Why is Enda's voice of experience not being heard?'

It has been nigh on impossible to turn on your radio in recent weeks without hearing a chin-stroking conversation between one of Montrose's finest and...

The first Dail meets in January 1919, as reported in ‘ The London Illustrated News’. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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Liam Weeks: '100 years on, and what has the Dail ever done for us?'

One hundred years ago tomorrow, The Irish Times reported on a 'futile and unreal' gathering of a 'body of young men', who it said 'have not the slightest notion of that [British] Empire's power and resources and not a particle of experience in the conduct of public affairs'.

Eoghan Harris

Eoghan Harris: 'We must move beyond backstops and talk like good neighbours'

Leo Varadkar is the first Irish Taoiseach to bet the country's Gross Domestic Product on the rationality of the right wing of the Tory party.

NOT MINE: The Irish yellow vest protest just fizzled out

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Willie Kealy: 'Ireland's role is to stand against nightmarish likes of Orban'

We almost had a visit from Donald Trump last November. But then he sent Kevin Hassett, chairman of the White House council of economic advisers, instead. And his main message was that he expects Ireland to continue to be a "voice of reason" alongside the United States against more left-wing European governments in...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (Niall Carson/PA)

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Brendan O'Connor: 'Happy Leo-day to everyone'

Ireland 1979. An innocent country. There was no contraception, divorce or gays that anyone knew of, though people had their suspicions about certain members of the theatrical community. It was the kind of country where a Pope could still get a good welcome, where the currency was a pound and it was worth the same as the...

Gene Kerrigan

Gene Kerrigan: 'Deep breath, everyone, this is going to hurt'

There are times when I almost feel sorry for Simon Coveney, Michel Barnier, Donald Tusk and the other EU officials who have to spend time with the UK's "Brexiteers".

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TOUGH TIMES: Pro Brexit supporters outside the Houses of Parliament, London, last week ahead of the House of Commons vote on UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal — which was defeated. Photo: PA

Colm McCarthy: 'It's time for UK to use its get-out-of-jail-free card' Columnists

Eoghan Harris: 'We must move beyond backstops and talk like good neighbours' Eoghan Harris

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Mary Coman's will went into probate last week
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Pub family's bitter feud comes back to haunt six sons Courts

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A forensic officer takes a photograph of the scene of a suspected car bomb in Derry, January 20, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

Car bomb linked to dissident group 'the New IRA' Irish News

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Diarmuid Francis Bolger: 'Housing protest and bitter divide saw Dáil's 50th birthday fall flat'

Gerard O'Regan: 'Ulster's 'dreary steeples' still casting long shadow over British politics'

Ivan Yates: 'Politicians play Nimby card as housing crisis haunts FG'

Martina Devlin: 'May did her best but chose the wrong strategy and can't deliver - now she must stand aside'

Phil Hogan: 'MPs need reality check from all the toxic lies and false gold'

Patricia Casey: 'It's embarrassing to watch us stereotype Brexiteers'

Columnists

Newstalk presenter Tom Dunne at the seafront in Glasthule with his wife Audrey, daughters Eva and Skye and the family’s dog, Murph.
Photo: Tony Gavin

'I wondered if I would see my wife and kids again' - Tom Dunne prepares for his radio comeback

'With these figures, you...

Colm McCarthy: 'It's time for UK to use its get-out-of-jail-free card'

All three of the principal Brexit outcomes...

Niamh Horan: 'Just as a 'toxic' man can prove heroic, many women can hide a shadow side'

Last Wednesday...

Activism: Protesters hold placards and banners during an animal rights march in London

Ian O'Doherty: 'Joyless vegan fundamentalists just love to wag their fingers'

Ask most people if they like children, and you...

Niamh Horan: 'Just as a 'toxic' man can prove heroic, many women can hide a shadow side'

Paddy Agnew: 'Brexit fallout 'to shape Euro elections''

Philip Ryan: 'Gardai play spot the yellow vest as angry brigade stay at home'

Dan O'Brien: 'The backstop is dead and the no-deal Brexit looms'

Shane Ross: 'Checkpoints, a googly and Leinster House's lunatic fringe'

Philip Ryan: 'Why is Enda's voice of experience not being heard?'

Liam Weeks: '100 years on, and what has the Dail ever done for us?'

Eoghan Harris: 'We must move beyond backstops and talk like good neighbours'

Willie Kealy: 'Ireland's role is to stand against nightmarish likes of Orban'

Brendan O'Connor: 'Happy Leo-day to everyone'

Gene Kerrigan: 'Deep breath, everyone, this is going to hurt'

Niamh Horan: 'Just as a 'toxic' man can prove heroic, many women can hide a shadow... Comment

Philip Ryan: 'Why is Enda Kenny's voice of experience not being heard on Brexit?' Comment

Gene Kerrigan: 'Deep breath, everyone, this is going to hurt' Gene Kerrigan

Colm McCarthy: 'It's time for UK to use its get-out-of-jail-free card' Columnists

Eoghan Harris: 'We must move beyond backstops and talk like good neighbours' Eoghan Harris

So, is your smartphone really secretly listening to you? Technology

Pub family's bitter feud comes back to haunt six sons Courts

'Take a day off work or school' astronomy experts recommend ahead of lunar... Irish News

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Comment

Willie Kealy: 'Ireland's role is to stand against nightmarish likes of Orban'

Declan Lynch: 'Bad faith, bad information, from bad places'

Sarah Caden: 'All about me: 10-year challenge is a triumph of vanity over sense'

Barry Egan: 'A flashback to late-night drinking with Liam Neeson on 3rd Avenue'

Diarmuid Francis Bolger: 'Housing protest and bitter divide saw Dáil's 50th birthday fall flat'

Gerard O'Regan: 'Ulster's 'dreary steeples' still casting long shadow over British politics'

Ivan Yates: 'Politicians play Nimby card as housing crisis haunts FG'

Martina Devlin: 'May did her best but chose the wrong strategy and can't deliver - now she must stand aside'

Phil Hogan: 'MPs need reality check from all the toxic lies and false gold'

Patricia Casey: 'It's embarrassing to watch us stereotype Brexiteers'

Columnists

'I wondered if I would see my wife and kids again' - Tom Dunne prepares for his radio comeback

Colm McCarthy: 'It's time for UK to use its get-out-of-jail-free card'

Niamh Horan: 'Just as a 'toxic' man can prove heroic, many women can hide a shadow side'

Ian O'Doherty: 'Joyless vegan fundamentalists just love to wag their fingers'

Dan O'Brien: 'High cost of living and poor services are a big problem - but they're not to blame for our low birth rate'

John Downing: 'Twenty years after most ill-judged TV performance in Irish political history, the fallout continues today'

Gene Kerrigan: 'The inalienable right to be small-minded'

Peculiar attitude to drink is very sobering

Declan Lynch: 'Larry Gogan has left his mark on all of us'

Ian O'Doherty: 'When did stoicism and competitiveness become a bad thing?'

Letters

Letters to the Editor: 'Boris is no sort of friend to Ireland'

Letters to the Editor: 'It’s not a hard concept – we want out of EU now'

Letters to the Editor: 'Politicians in no-man’s land never knew what they wanted from Brexit'

Letters to the Editor: 'MP being forced to delay C-section shows how low UK politics has sunk'

Letters to the Editor: 'There will have to be checks, and it hurts'

Letters to the Editor: 'Minister is lining the pockets of management consultants and advisers in over-bloated HSE'

Letters to the Editor: 'Tory Brexiteers fantasising about a return to days of ‘splendid isolation’'

Letters to the Editor: 'Ireland needs to lobby its US friends to save the Good Friday Agreement'

Letters to the Editor: 'DUP needs history lesson to see how dispensable the Irish are to Britain'

Letters to the Editor: Nollaig na mBan in Mayo reminded us why all is very well in the world

Editorial

Moment of truth on Brexit arrives

Editorial: 'UK's Parliament must assert control before it's too late'

Editorial: 'Dangers show it's time for a rethink of our food system'

Editorial: 'May fiasco shows we must be ready for a hard border'

Editorial: 'US President is supposed to fix problems, not invent them'

Editorial: 'More pandemonium awaits amid unknowns of Brexit'

Editorial: 'Gove and hague bring some sense to brexit absurdity'

Editorial: If we value patriotism and courage, we must show it

Editorial: 'Lack of realism among many British MPs a bad sign'

Editorial: 'Learning the lesson from economic past'