€50m betting duty take goes to greyhounds and horses, not to fight scourge of gambling addiction
The Taoiseach should facilitate the development of a landmark redress format that could become the international template for such schemes
President Higgins will have a formidable opponent in the shape of a well-organised Sinn Féin
Ireland’s current ‘soft-touch’ approach to social media giants is worryingly similar to our pre-crash regulation of the banks
Prince Harry will never be king: he’s a celeb, married to an actor. Yet when he and his wife came here, some of us couldn’t get enough
The political parties that control nominations have decided to disenfranchise us by not having a presidential election
Journalism played a major part in the conviction of the Tipperary TD for tax offences
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The socially-conscious Jesuit pope has been warning of the ‘ticking time bomb’ of derivatives and unbridled global capitalism
The former Anglo chief executive called the shots at a bank which cost the state many billions. So why do we seem so apathetic about this week’s guilty verdict?
Last week’s referendum result did not herald the advent of secularisation in Ireland. It had already quietly arrived in the hearts and minds of Irish people
Consensus-building in the Citizens’ Assembly enabled Irish people to embark on a journey of reflection that led to Friday’s vote
With Oireachtas committees, the political instinct veers towards scoring points rather than getting answers
Google’s referendum ad ban shows how outdated our election laws are – and it has filled the gap in deciding the rules on digital ads
