Hugh O'Connell

Hugh O'Connell

Hugh O'Connell is political correspondent with the Sunday Business Post. He is the former political editor of TheJournal.ie and has previously worked for BBC Radio 4, FIFA, and Newstalk. He holds a BA First Class Honours degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moores University. A regular contributor to television and radio, he also occasionally lectures in journalism.

Taoiseach to meet Apple on US trip

Taoiseach to meet Apple on US trip

It is thought that Varadkar’s meetings in Silicon Valley as part of an IDA and Enterprise Ireland trade mission could involve a sit-down discussion with Apple boss Tim Cook

State to launch housing charity value-for-money investigation

State to launch housing charity value-for-money investigation

The move comes as the departing chairman of the government backed Housing Agency said charities and builders are creating a ‘panic’ about the housing crisis

Gardaí ‘ignored’ Fitzgibbon Street refurb details request

Gardaí ‘ignored’ Fitzgibbon Street refurb details request

The reopening of station was announced by the then Taoiseach Enda Kenny over a year ago as part of the government response to the Hutch-Kinahan feud

Varadkar warns rail strike is ‘futile’

Varadkar warns rail strike is ‘futile’

Comments a significant departure from standard government response to public sector strikes

Adams issues legal letters on reports of IRA murder remarks

Adams issues legal letters on reports of IRA murder remarks

Adams is seeking clarification and an apology from the Irish Independent and the Irish Times over their reporting of comments he made in a radio interview last August about the murder of Tom Oliver in 1991

A ‘personal story’ that’s light on humour and politics

A ‘personal story’ that’s light on humour and politics

Memoir: Life is a Funny Business: A Very Personal Story , By Alan Shatter , Poolbeg Press, €14.99

Claim and counter-claim over Stormont stalemate

Claim and counter-claim over Stormont stalemate

Gerry Adams strenuously denies scuppering the talks. But if he wasn’t to blame, what happened?

Varadkar's speeches failing to deliver

Varadkar's speeches failing to deliver

The lack of style and gusto in Varadkar's speeches was painfully obvious at the Fine Gael president’s dinner in the Clayton Hotel

Top civil servant Robert Watt slams ‘nonsense and waste’ in the public service

Top civil servant Robert Watt slams ‘nonsense and waste’ in the public service

Watt is the secretary general of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

‘Ludicrous and absurd’: DUP slams Taoiseach’s passports claim

‘Ludicrous and absurd’: DUP slams Taoiseach’s passports claim

Gregory Campbell said there was no evidence to support Varadkar's rationale

Attorney general called in to rule on hiring of special advisers

Attorney general called in to rule on hiring of special advisers

By law, the cabinet must sign off on order to appoint special advisers to ministers

Ray MacSharry: FF and FG pondered merger in 1980s

Ray MacSharry: FF and FG pondered merger in 1980s

MacSharry said he held many discussions with Fine Gael’s Michael Noonan about a merger

Ray MacSharry: The taoiseach who never was

Ray MacSharry: The taoiseach who never was

He could have led the country, but instead he was out of politics by his mid-50s. MacSharry looks back at his eclectic and eventful career

Murphy’s social housing vision  looks no different from Coveney’s

Murphy’s social housing vision looks no different from Coveney’s

He likes rolling up his sleeves in public and making announcements to the media, but Eoghan Murphy is no closer to solving the housing crisis than his predecessor was

British ambassador: Ireland should prepare for hard Brexit

British ambassador: Ireland should prepare for hard Brexit

Robin Barnett advises having a ‘contingency’ plan, and says Britain wants ‘frictionless’ border