Spending money on dedicated cycling infrastructure will reduce deaths and encourage more of us to get on our bikes

Bolsonaro is a reminder of the complexity of the challenge the far right poses to civil society

The state’s refusal to properly acknowledge the work of Kathleen McKenna, a firebrand in the fight for independence, reflects a broader problem in its attitude to women

Glee at the humiliation of the DUP ignores its attempts at conciliation in pursuit of an agreement that works for this island

We owe it to the daughter of former Irish Air Corps member Lisa Smith, who became a so-called ‘Isis bride’, to do everything we can to bring them home from Syria

We’re happy to take pride in our military when it suits us, as during the Easter Rising commemorations, but keeping its members on the breadline is not something to be proud of

Far from killing off proper journalism, social media could play a role in actually saving it

We like to think we’re immune to far-right ideologies. We’re not, as Oughterard has shown

The best way to fight populism is to turn down the drama and take a fresh look at reality

20 years ago today, the first episode of The West Wing was broadcast on NBC. Colin Murphy looks at the folksy political drama’s enduring appeal, and at how its cultural legacy helped to shape real-life politics around the world

Many of the loudest objections to the British PM are essentially cosmetic: he is just doing what most politicians in his place would do

We celebrate Greta Thunberg as a champion of neurodiversity while neglecting Irish teenagers with autism, and so deprive ourselves of their talents and insights

Alarmist reporting and post-colonial tut-tutting on the crisis in Brazil’s rainforest has backfired

While European leaders talk in liberal terms about migration, their policies in the Med are as tough on migrants as those of the US president

Populism is on the rise, but demonising its followers is not helpful. Instead, liberals should try to understand and acknowledge the fears some people have, but not surrender to them

The party members who attacked Young Fine Gael president Killian Foley-Walsh for attending a right-wing conference in the US seem to have forgotten the USP of their own organisation

Treating communities on the ground with respect is critical for the effective management of any crisis

Ireland’s intransigence on the issue of the border has brought us to the verge of the worst-case scenario. But there may still be time to salvage a soft Brexit from this mess

Like the Ardnacrusha scheme - our Apollo 11 moment - Sláintecare requires vision and political will. But it could transform our lives

Karl Shiels, who died suddenly last Sunday at the age of 47, was a tireless supporter of emerging talent