The series also highlights, in highly emotional terms, the distance between the world of ideals and the reality of administrative structures and processes – and how deadly this distance may be for those excluded.
The GAA reminded its members this week that children under the age of 12 must not be involved in competitive games. The move has sparked a divisive debate across all sports over what is best for youngsters with stars in their eyes.
Fresh from triumphant local elections in the north, Sinn Féin's long march towards full-on power and responsibility is nearly complete. How the party negotiates this new territory will have consequences, writes Tommie Gorman.
The Digicel saga did not end with the deal, last March, between Denis O'Brien and the creditors. Amid a complex restructuring negotiation and unpaid creditors, ratings agency Fitch has again downgraded Digicel's debt.
The TV industry had a good thing going – until it threw it all away in an effort to beat Netflix.
The EU's draft AI bill risks cutting Europe off from the most important technology of the next ten years.
Public servants like Aodhán Connolly and Jayne Brady are ready to drive Northern Ireland forward, while businesses like the Derry Group are adapting. As Sinn Féin grows, the DUP’s position of being “side-lined by choice” is getting harder to explain.
The political nervousness around migration for decades has contributed to the increasingly worrying spectre of polarisation and disturbance. 2023 has shown just how divisive the provision of shelter and care to those at risk is in our society.
To succeed in the race between technology and education you have to be going faster, and faster again, particularly at the higher levels. It is not clear our education system is built to do that.
Ryanair's long game is to consolidate the European aviation industry. Covid-19 has accelerated the plan by years.
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