Two days (and two fingers) that shocked the Dáil
The speaking rights row has yet to be quelled. A truce or a compromise is nowhere in sight. It's only getting messier, causing deeper divisions between the opposition and government parties.And then, ...
27 Mar 202529min
McGregor couldn't be more at home in Trump's White House
And just when we thought the dust had settled after Micheál Martin's visit to the Oval Office.Conor McGregor's appearance in the White House was somewhat foreshadowed by Trump, who had referred to him...
19 Mar 202532min
The Oval Office meeting veered between success and humiliation
Ireland watched the Taoiseach's Oval Office visit with bated breath. Would it be a disaster, an incredible success, or something in between?One of the biggest events in the Irish political calendar is...
13 Mar 202538min
Micheál Martin better be practicing his plámás right now
First, it was Covid restrictions that called off Micheál Martin's visit to the White House for St Patrick's Day in 2021. Then, during his second chance, he ended up actually catching Covid on the trip...
5 Mar 202530min
Ireland gets DOGE-curious after x-ray scanner 'fury'
News about the National Gallery's never-used x-ray scanner worth €125,000 sparked 'fury' across the country... apparently. Did it really? If it did, how can that fury be used constructively? If it did...
27 Feb 202530min
Ireland's big defence question and back garden cabin fever
Europe is in disarray, to say the least, over Trump's rumblings about distancing the United States from all us on this side of the Atlantic, and his new spat with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It will leave a ...
20 Feb 202530min
The government has put the fear of God into renters
Housing remains the single biggest issue for the Irish public. People want to see the crisis brought to an end or, at the very least, real action being taken. Any missteps are amplified. We saw that t...
13 Feb 202530min
The most politically loaded bowl of shamrock to date
It's almost March, and you know what that means: all political attention turns to one particular bowl of shamrock. Trump's second-term actions so far leave Ireland faced with a renewed dilemma: go ahe...
6 Feb 202532min
