The Russia problem: Elsa Desmond deserves a straight answer about her Olympic heartbreak
February 4, 2026 11:04 amElsa Desmond should be walking out, decked in green, at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan alongside... View Article
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Political rhetoric vs tangible reality: Constantin Gurdgiev on the India-EU trade deal
February 4, 2026 5:35 amThe India–EU Free Trade Agreement (IEUFTA), finally signed in January this year, has been billed as the “mother of all... View Article
Kevin Warsh, Jeffrey Epstein, inequality and the ‘mob’
February 4, 2026 5:01 amPresident Trump disappointed the liberal press on Friday by nominating Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve chairman. Even reporters... View Article
Ronan Lyons: Ireland’s housing crisis: a European problem, intensified
February 3, 2026 5:30 amIreland’s housing crisis often feels uniquely severe. For younger adults in particular, a yawning gap has emerged between how they... View Article
ESG investment stuck between Mary, Chandra, and Donald: Rewinding the week that was
February 1, 2026 5:08 amThe past week started with Mary Robinson, former president, member of the Nelson Mandela-founded Elders think-tank, and climate justice campaigner,... View Article
Failure to look after No1 comes back to haunt Irish rugby: Brett Igoe on an Achilles’ heel
January 31, 2026 5:07 amPicture the scene this week in The Campus, Ireland’s training base in Portugal. Andy Farrell is sitting in a coaches’... View Article
Dan O’Brien: The IDA has been too successful for Ireland’s own security
January 30, 2026 4:55 amIn my last column, I set out how the global geopolitical environment has radically changed, with the US and China... View Article
Our gadgets finally speak human, and tech will never be the same
January 29, 2026 5:01 amAll over the world, millions of people have been doing something in private that’s now spilling into public spaces, on... View Article
John Looby: Why narrative, relativity and emotion explain our fractious world
January 28, 2026 5:18 amAcross our world, people are angry. Surveys shout it. Anecdotes too. Seething anger – seemingly everywhere. And of course, it’s also... View Article
The stages of entrepreneurship: Stage 1 – the hustle
January 27, 2026 5:28 amArundhati Roy is best known for her novel, The God of Small Things. Her new memoir, Mother Mary Comes to... View Article
