Government and conscience: Rewinding the week that was
October 19, 2025 5:06 amGary Murphy understands politics better than most. And he understands politics because he understands people. Yes, his day job is... View Article
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Dion Fanning: The invisible age of Irish football
October 18, 2025 5:44 amThere is a strand of opinion that is concerned about what they see as the medicalisation of ordinary life. They... View Article
Frankenstein 2.0: Netflix’s autumn blockbuster draws on big ideas and a wealth of cinema history
October 18, 2025 3:29 amDelusional mad scientists working intensely on secret projects, peculiar large-silent über-human figures, and created-creatures who turn violently on their master/mistress... View Article
The futility of expertise: Lessons from Ireland’s fiscal oversight failure
October 16, 2025 5:36 amImagine you’ve worked for fifteen or twenty years in your chosen profession. You have excelled at it and gained massive... View Article
Hidden risk: Opacity over key risks facing State bodies a dangerous game
October 13, 2025 5:50 amIn December 2018, the Department of Culture signed off on a €2.87 million, three-year Arts Council IT project to update... View Article
Fences, fear and finance: Rewinding the week that was
October 12, 2025 5:42 amOn Tuesday, after Paschal Donohoe and Jack Chambers had delivered their budget speeches and after Pearse Doherty had issued his... View Article
Dion Fanning: Maybe they’re right when they say sport and politics don’t mix
October 11, 2025 5:45 amIf you were to pick an area of politics as far removed from the sporting arena as possible, it might... View Article
Prophets in exile: Why some of Ireland’s brightest coaches are coaching outside of Ireland
October 11, 2025 5:37 amThere is an old saying that you can’t be a prophet in your own land. In Irish rugby coaching circles, this ancient wisdom has never... View Article
Dan O’Brien: The outlook is not as benign as the budget would have you believe
October 10, 2025 5:36 amWarning: This column is full of grim warnings. As catastrophe-bias is an almost unavoidable mind virus these days, it is... View Article
Legal eagles fly higher and faster with Augmented Intelligence
October 10, 2025 5:09 amThe legal sector has long been regarded as a laggard in technology adoption, slow to embrace the “next big thing,”... View Article
