Tuesday 17 May 2022
Our columnist addresses the contentious debate around trans women in sport and outlines the damage it is doing to many trans people.
Our columnist welcomes the regularisation scheme for undocumented immigrants here and is reminded of Irish people in the same boat in the US.
Quotas alone will not bring about equality of representation writes former Labour TD Jan O’Sullivan.
Author Clodagh Finn on the women who are too often relegated to the footnotes of history.
Our columnist says it’s not looking good for the Democrats in the 2022 midterms this November.
‘For the whole team, we have had a rough year and we are back,’ he said.
Worrying stats show how little interest young people have in the news, writes Larry Donnelly – but this is bad for all of us.
People need hope – but they also want answers about what’s happening with Covid in Ireland right now, writes Prof Ruairí Brugha.
Our columnist returns and has some insights into our collective need for a digital detox.
It is time to cop on, end the empty promises and sickening cross-sectoral greenwashing, writes MEP Grace O’Sullivan.
The Irish climate campaigner says framing COP26 as the focal point of global climate action is robbing us of our own collective power.
Addressing the injustice of the climate crisis must be central to discussions at COP26, writes Ciarán Cuffe.
Budget 2021 won’t bring long-term equality and fairness with the spectre of climate change, writes Dr Shana Cohen.
Asylum seekers with disabilities in Direct Provision must be afforded equal rights when compared to people with disabilities outside Direct Provision, Keelin Barry writes.
The end of Direct Provision by December 2024 is doubtful as more than 4000 asylum seekers await their claims to be assesed, writes Bulelani Mfaco.
‘I am concerned for my colleagues and all the women with an interest in politics that may look at this and think, why would I bother?’
More mythical material gives us more stars to aim at, writes Jack Fennell.
Anthony Murphy outlines how the ancient dwellers built clever structures to work in harmony with the cosmos.
Ireland has played a real part in the advancement of space science and technology in Europe, and there are more opportunities out there, writes Leo Enright.
Perceptions of safety are a significant factor in women’s travel choices, so we need to create a better environment, writes Rachel Cahill.
‘Ask your Ma for help’ is not a good public policy for childcare in Ireland, writes Liz Carolan.
There’s a clear economic interest in the State allowing the resumption of economically productive indoor activities, writes Dr Donal Coffey.
Minister of State for Agriculture Pippa Hackett writes that the future for farming in Ireland should see increased incomes and decreased emissions.
Legislation to underpin individual accountability in the financial sector must be published without delay, writes the Sinn Féin TD.
Everyone should have the right to a living wage, job security and decent work conditions, writes Victor Duggan.
While elected representatives in Ireland have previously sought to censor public opinion polls, they do so under a paternalistic presumption that the public is incapable of adequately deciphering the information, writes Dr Kevin Cunningham.
Property programmes thrive in societies where home ownership is the most valued and celebrated housing ideology, writes Emmett Scanlon.
Our columnist looks at the ‘could have beens’ and the ‘just mights’ ahead of next week’s vote.
Building social housing means building homes, writes Dean Van Nguyen.
The Donegal diaspora in the US is mobilising in support of homeowners seeking compensation for mica damage to their homes.
“Our political class have forgotten that housing is a right and not simply an opportunity to redistribute money upwards to the wealthy,” writes Mark O’Halloran.
Our columnist sounds out the potential GOP field.
Maynooth University lecturer Dr Lu Zhouxiang explains how martial arts have been a bridge from China to other countries around the world.
Our columnist looks at the might of US policy when it comes to Israel and asks if things are changing.
Teacher Dearbhla Crosse says the new teachings for Catholic primary schools from the Irish Bishops Conference is not in line with latest research.
The former BBC correspondent and author says new DUP leader Edwin Poots’ hands may not be as strong on the big issues.
The great political challenge of the pandemic is fixing workplaces to be better than they are, writes Michael Taft.
The Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East describes the highs and worrying lows of life as a woman in Irish politics.
Our columnist takes a look at the first stages of the Biden and Harris administration.
US scholars analyse the guilty verdicts handed down to former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the 2020 murder of George Floyd.
