Opinion

Sunday 17 February 2019

Anti-Brexit protesters demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament on Valentines day. Photo: Getty

Martina Devlin: 'As Brexit nears endgame, it's up to the people north and south on this island to make it clear that the Good...

Come back Stormont, all is forgiven. Compared with the fog and obfuscation at Westminster, relentless Tory infighting and the writhing of a shambolic political system, quarrels in the Northern Assembly look petty. Nothing was ripped that can't be sewn up again.

Taking a stand: The Psychiatric Nursing Association held a strike yesterday over union recognition.

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Patricia Casey: 'Harris is latest prince to let 'Cinderella of Medicine' down'

Simon Harris, young, inexperienced and intoxicated by the adulation of the media, is no friend of...

Promotion: Pope Francis has appointed Irish Cardinal Kevin Farrell as camerlengo in a sign that he is well thought of by the pontiff in the Vatican. Photo: Getty

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Michael Kelly: 'Summit crucial in defining the Pope's legacy on issue of child abuse'

Few things in the wider world interest people more than the inner workings of the Catholic Church and the...

How the State assesses tenders for work to be carried out on its behalf is of key concern. Stock photo: PA

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Gerard O'Regan: 'Nigh impossible challenges of health service should not be used as political football'

We've had another ritual round of national hysteria fuelled by the...

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Ivan Yates: 'As public workers blackmail us for more pay, private workers pick up tab'

There are many mysteries about our Ireland but events over the last week caused me to ponder about one in particular: why is there no one to stand up for 1.7 million private sector workers in the country?

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Laura Larkin: 'Public twist pushes the Government's handling of crisis back into focus'

The Children's Hospital debacle took another very public twist yesterday which has added to the Government's woes in relation to its handling of the project.

Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD and the UK Prime Minister Theresa May Photo: Maxwell

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Kevin Doyle: 'We might have backed wrong horse by placing blind faith in May as she rides towards a cliff'

There's a joke going around that everybody wants Theresa May to be prime minister, with the exception of a majority of the UK electorate and herself.

Hard border must be on the table in no-deal Brexit - Angela Merkel told Leo Varadkar

Sports need to harness the power of their stars to light the way for others. Stock photo: Sportsfile

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Aaron Blake: 'Lies on Russia starting to pile up... which begs question - why?'

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John Downing: 'This is a rather paranoid time, but there are no signs of sell-out'

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Martina Devlin: 'As Brexit nears endgame, it's up to the people north and south on this island to make it clear that the Good...

Patricia Casey: 'Harris is latest prince to let 'Cinderella of Medicine' down'

Michael Kelly: 'Summit crucial in defining the Pope's legacy on issue of child abuse'

Gerard O'Regan: 'Nigh impossible challenges of health service should not be used as political football'

Ivan Yates: 'As public workers blackmail us for more pay, private workers pick up tab'

Laura Larkin: 'Public twist pushes the Government's handling of crisis back into focus'

Kevin Doyle: 'We might have backed wrong horse by placing blind faith in May as she rides towards a cliff'

Kathy Donaghy: 'Girls need more visible sport role models to be inspired'

Billy Keane: 'Hospice decision came out of left field - and put fate of butterflies ahead of the people most in need'

Letters to the Editor: 'Brexit has opened up all the old paranoias in North – and know-nothing Tories are to blame'

Greg Sargent: 'President may find it a struggle to justify action was 'necessary''

Ivan Yates: 'As public workers blackmail us for more pay, private workers pick up tab' Comment

Editorial: 'EU cannot allow us to burn as may fiddles over brexit' Editorial

Kevin Doyle: 'We might have backed wrong horse by placing blind faith in May as... Comment

Martina Devlin: 'As Brexit nears endgame, it's up to the people north and south on... Comment

Katie Byrne: 'Whisper it, but some of us grown-ups actually like living at home' Comment

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Colm McCarthy: 'Punishing Ireland will only send carbon emissions higher still'

Martina Devlin: 'As Brexit nears endgame, it's up to the people north and south on this island to make it clear that the...

Aaron Blake: 'Lies on Russia starting to pile up... which begs question - why?'

John Downing: 'This is a rather paranoid time, but there are no signs of sell-out'

Camilla Tominey: 'Meghan Markle isn't the new Diana, whatever George Clooney thinks'

Hamish McRae: 'Global trade tensions could be new normal'

Catherine Healy: 'Housework is indispensable labour - now we need to talk about how much it is worth'

Anne Applebaum: 'Forget xenophobia - these populist leaders are united by their hypocrisy'

Katherine Donnelly: 'Degrees aren't key to success for all but everyone has to have the same chance'

Liz Kearney: 'It's about time we buried the tired old myth of poor Jen Aniston - and the myth that married women think they're perfect'

Columnists

Colm McCarthy: 'Punishing Ireland will only send carbon emissions higher still'

Ian O'Doherty: 'Nobody has the right to gather outside someone's home'

Ian O'Doherty: 'Hate crime or hoax? Smollett row is fascinating'

Mary Kenny's Brexit cookbook: 'Have you tried only eating food that doesn't have to be transported or...

Mary Kenny: 'The Oireachtas proposes revising sex education. But can the full truth about sexuality ever be taught?'

Ian O'Doherty: 'We've gone back to the future with all the nuclear sabre rattling'

Roddy Doyle's Charlie Savage: 'We were turned down for a mortage but then the bank manager had a heart attack'

Ian O'Doherty: 'There's an easier solution than the mob piling in on Liam Neeson'

Ian O'Doherty: 'There are no easy answers around issue of euthanasia - but it's time we started asking the hard questions'

'A dented can of Red Bull': the uncut story of John and Lorena Bobbitt

Letters

Letters to the Editor: 'Brexit has opened up all the old paranoias in North – and know-nothing Tories are to blame'

Letters to the Editor: 'We must all be invested in lowering carbon footprints'

Letters to the Editor: 'Do the right thing, minister, and let nurses do their jobs'

Letters to the Editor: 'Children’s Hospital scandal isn’t big enough to sink FG'

Letters to the Editor: 'Despite their assurances, we shouldn’t naïvely trust EU'

Letters to the Editor: 'Forgotten election was seismic event in shaping our future'

Letters to the Editor: 'New waste crackdown is like a return of the Poor Laws'

Letters to the Editor: 'Policy to have reserve doctors on call needs to take flight'

Letters to the Editor: 'Fitting tributes to Luke Kelly, one of our greatest traditional musicians'

Letters to the Editor: 'Parental life lesson poetry'

Editorial

Editorial: 'Preoccupation with PR will backfire for government'

Editorial: 'EU cannot allow us to burn as may fiddles over brexit'

Editorial: 'Spin-obsessed response has made cancer scandal worse'

Editorial: 'Rocking boat irresponsible as we face into Brexit storm'

Editorial: 'No universal agreement on absolving Harris of his sins'

Editorial: 'Ill wind of low growth blows good for mortgages'

Editorial: 'The importance of the EU being earnest with Mrs May'

Editorial: 'This is no time for the EU to deliver a different message'

Editorial: 'Children's hospital cost overrun a symptom of boom'

Editorial: 'Law on 'coercive control' welcome'