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Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach, Micheál Martin. Photo: Julien Behal/PA Wire

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Theresa Reidy Opinion Unless it urgently decides what the party stands for, Fianna Fáil will fall further back

Some years ago, Oliver Callan started humorous comedy sketch conversations between Micheál Martin and Éamon Ó Cuív which always descended into a chorus of ‘going forwards, going backwards’. Martin wanted to take the party forward whereas Ó Cuív offered a version of ‘back to the future’. The sketch was prescient and the choice facing Fianna Fáil has crystalised further since the 2020 general election.

Opinion

Theresa Reidy Opinion Unless it urgently decides what the party stands for, Fianna Fáil will fall further back

John Downing Opinion Time to lift the lid on Brigadier Kitson’s ruthless and dirty war in 1970s North

Ruth Pollard Opinion With women forced out of work, many Afghan families are facing starvation

Frank Coughlan Opinion Autumn ushers in those underrated comfort days

Charlie Weston Opinion Strategies to curb raging rents have all failed – time for a freeze, Minister?

Letters to the Editor Opinion President is right not to insult the cause of reunification

Irish Independent Opinion Doubling down on tax stance is a high-stakes move by Donohoe

Allison Morris Opinion President Higgins is collateral damage in unionist battle to be top dog

Fionnán Sheahan Opinion Actually, Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy was right to rewrite rules on use of Dáil privilege

Lorraine Courtney Opinion Government is living in dreamland if it thinks it can tax its way out of Covid recession

Opinion President Higgins was correct not to endorse partition of Ireland

Tanya Sweeney Opinion Roz Purcell’s morning-after pill experience highlights need for positive and progressive sex ed in schools

Allison Schrager Opinion ‘Lie flat’ if you want, but be prepared to pay the price

Stella O'Malley Opinion It’s time for us to venture back out into the world – or our mental health will suffer

Leo’s attitude to restrictions could cost him dearly

Every woman in Ireland could do with being a bit more like Katherine Zappone

Fianna Fáil faces an identity crisis – the question is whether Micheál Martin can fix that

Comment

Frank Coughlan Opinion Autumn ushers in those underrated comfort days

Charlie Weston Opinion Strategies to curb raging rents have all failed – time for a freeze, Minister?

Ruth Pollard Opinion With women forced out of work, many Afghan families are facing starvation

Theresa Reidy Opinion Unless it urgently decides what the party stands for, Fianna Fáil will fall further back

When it comes to Covid safety protocol, why is it always one rule for the elite and another for the rest of us?

Allison Morris Opinion President Higgins is collateral damage in unionist battle to be top dog

Fionnán Sheahan Opinion Actually, Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy was right to rewrite rules on use of Dáil privilege

John Daly Opinion Laughter among friends is a medicine we could all use

Analysis

John Downing Opinion Time to lift the lid on Brigadier Kitson’s ruthless and dirty war in 1970s North

Taoiseach Mary Lou: what to expect from a Sinn Féin government

High street versus Amazon: how shops can stay in the picture

John Downing Opinion Merriongate? There are debts to pay and a new Budget to prepare

John Downing Opinion That’s Bass: the intertwined history of a pale ale, politics, boycotts and Brexit

John Downing Opinion Coalition leaders will welcome the return to ‘normal politics’ – and the same old disputes

The Great Resignation: why so many of us are calling it quits

Martina Devlin Opinion Fianna Fáil faces an identity crisis – the question is whether Micheál Martin can fix that

Letters

Letters to the Editor Opinion President is right not to insult the cause of reunification

Opinion President Higgins was correct not to endorse partition of Ireland

Letters to the Editor Opinion How do the readers feel about President Higgins’s refusal to attend partition ceremony?

Carthy must back up claims about Harris – or apologise

Letters to the Editor Opinion Varadkar feels no need to clear things with Cabinet

Letters to the Editor Opinion Congratulations from the US to the new Miss Ireland

Letters to the Editor Opinion Twenty years on from 9/11, is the West really any safer?

Letters to the Editor Opinion A little leadership is not too much to ask of our leaders

Editorial

Irish Independent Opinion Doubling down on tax stance is a high-stakes move by Donohoe

Editorial Opinion A welcome milestone on the path to normality

Editorial Opinion President’s decision shows huge potential for division

Editorial Opinion We create a purposeful future when we remember

Editorial Opinion Government mustn’t shirk financial responsibilities

Editorial Opinion Amid so much tragedy, not getting jabbed is a travesty

Editorial Opinion On pensions, cold economics will trump election wins

Politicians forget at their peril who really holds power