Opinion

Monday 24 September 2018

European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier. Photo: Reuters

A no-deal Brexit is the most likely outcome in March

Humiliation is among the most dangerous feelings. When it becomes a factor in conflicts, reason takes a back seat. People will sacrifice a lot to avoid being humiliated. Some more than others.

Ruth Dudley Edwards

Mairia Cahill, Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill. Not much sisterhood

The late Siobhan O'Hanlon, for many years Gerry Adams's personal assistant, had the robust attitude to dealing with child abuse that you'd expect of a convicted terrorist who on release was part of a conspiracy to set off a car bomb in Gibraltar.

Declan Lynch

There's no rowing back from this Puspure moment

Ah, it was a beautiful thing, just beautiful... When Sanita Puspure won gold in the women's single sculls in the World Championships in Bulgaria, and the press statement issued by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport called her Dominant Puspure, we realised ...

British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives to make a statement on Brexit negotiations with the European Union at Number 10 Downing Street on September 21, 2018 in London. Photo: Getty Images

Colm McCarthy

Fudge and waffle now off the menu as May stumbles into crisis

In the lead-up to the 2016 Brexit referendum, Michael Gove, then a principal voice of the Leave campaign and now a senior UK cabinet minister, stated: "The day after we vote to leave, we hold all the cards and we can choose the path we want."

Eoghan Harris

Media sidelining Mairia Cahill only suits Sinn Fein's hidden agenda

Be sure not to miss Colin Murphy's brilliant television play The Bailout, which starts on Virgin tomorrow night, of which more anon.

LUCKY STREAK: RTE Sports presenter Des Cahill and his wife Caroline Curran with their dogs Lauren and Harvey. Photo: Tony Gavin

Columnists

'I won't have a pension' - Des Cahill on the nest egg that became a 'millstone'

We constantly hear about the virtue of gratitude - they say realising how lucky you are can lead to a happier life.

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NTA is missing the bus with new plan - and so will the passengers

A pal of mine from Cork won the nickname Jackie the Bell from his time working as a conductor on the buses that went up Farranree hill, bringing the old dears home from shopping down in...

Revolution on the last bus? Veteran bus riders warn of 'disaster'

GUEST APPEARANCE: Health Minister Simon Harris uses abortion as a distraction from doing such a dismal job

Columnists

No money to be had except for abortions

The health service is at breaking point. With crises and misery in the HSE, Simon Harris should be ashamed. Waiting lists continue to spiral. Every day there are heart-wrenching examples of failure.

Brendan O’Connor

Will safe spaces signal that Time's Up for sport?

According to the ESRI, high-level GAA players have inferior mental health to others in their age group. This seems largely due to stress and lack of sleep.

German police struggle with protestors and counter-demonstrators in Chemnitz, where a wave of right-wing populism has even led to murder

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A perfect storm of fear on rise again

There is a certain relief in being utterly distant from the reporting of Brexit. My beat is faraway places. My subjects often preoccupied with surviving the depredations of warlords and corrupt regimes. Very often it is the stuff of life and death.

NEW DIRECTION: New Garda Commisioner Drew Harris pictured at a Garda passing out ceremony in Templemore, Co Tipperary, earlier this month. Photo: Don Moloney

Comment

Will proposals on policing help to solve more crime?

The report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland published last week took rank-and-file members by surprise. Mostly because of how much it appeared to have come down on their side.

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Brendan O'Connor: Will safe spaces signal that Time's Up for sport?

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Letters

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