New Minister for Culture Patrick O’Donovan has inherited two pressing issues. His record doesn’t instil confidence
Ireland’s cultural sector was hoping for an inspiring choice of Minister. Instead it’s faced with Trumpian weave ...
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Michael Lowry: How the former minister is proving to be a thorn in the side of Micheál Martin as the Government takes its baby steps
Almost three decades after his enforced resignation as communications minister, Michael Lowry is causing headaches for the ...
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Colin Sheridan: Michael D Higgins' record as an advocate for human rights is unimpeachable
President has the courage and intellect to articulate carefully chosen sentiments of empathy and concern for events both past ...
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Seanad elections: Malcolm Noonan, Joan Collins and Victor Boyhan elected; Aubrey McCarthy pips Hazel Chu to last Trinity seat
THREE candidates have been elected on the first count on the Senate Agricultural panel — including former junior minister ...
Ireland’s neutrality under attack: shifting geopolitics bring pressure to change
What is certainly true is that Ireland is planning a significant increase in defence spending and capabilities in the coming years. Documents prepared to brief the incoming Minister for Defence, Simon ...
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What is Fine Gael’s problem with Galway?
A sort of political column by Dara Bradley Galway’s would-be senior cabinet minister, Hildegarde Naughton, has put on a brave ...
A good foreign policy is one that no one notices. Unfortunately that’s not Simon Harris’s style
Harris has chosen portfolios that are at the cutting edge of decisive events. Success or failure will mark us and him. His ...