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Ireland endures through community, but we should never take it for granted

January 1, 2026 5:54 am Published by Dion Fanning

On September 16, 1987, Margaret Thatcher visited the town of Middlesbrough in the north-east of England. The local unemployment rate... View Article

December 30, 2025 5:43 am Published by Ian Kehoe

Sometimes, the mind just keeps drifting back to people. In my case, it often falls back to Tommie Gorman. We... View Article

December 28, 2025 5:25 am Published by Ian Kehoe

Tony Boyle did not set out to challenge the establishment. He just sought to win the State’s second mobile phone... View Article

December 24, 2025 5:01 am Published by Ronan Lyons

The break offers, as always, a good moment to step back from the noise and the treadmill of the week-to-week.... View Article

December 23, 2025 5:08 am Published by Thomas Hubert

A recommendation from the Company Law Review Group to restrict public access to the data containing the home addresses of... View Article

December 22, 2025 5:31 am Published by John Looby

For investors, 2025 was a year of many lessons. Mostly due to the extraordinary behaviour of the new US president,... View Article

December 21, 2025 5:42 am Published by Ian Kehoe

For much of 2025, the prevailing view was that foreign investment would finally blink. Trade tensions were flaring up, tariffs... View Article

December 20, 2025 5:45 am Published by Tom Lyons

David Dickson’s magisterial Dublin: The Making of a Capital City traces the capital’s remarkable history from its medieval origins to... View Article

December 20, 2025 5:03 am Published by Siobhán Brett

“This isn’t a speech,” tweeted Tom Nichols, a staff writer at The Atlantic. “This is a primal scream of panic.”... View Article

December 19, 2025 5:51 am Published by Dan O'Brien

What 10 things could happen over the course of 2025 that would make Ireland, Europe and the world better places?... View Article