Despite the outrage and argument about what Cambridge Analytica said and what Facebook knew, the technological advances made will not be reversed and regulation will be a puny line of protection for voters
‘Empire of misogyny', former President Mary McAleese’s short summary of the Catholic Church’s attitude to women, is a powerful phrase which will become part of the story of the church in Ireland
May's solutions melting faster than the snow as the chaos from the EU draft document drowns out John Major's Brexit intervention
A week after the collapse of power-sharing talks, Northern Ireland risks drifting back to the familiarity of two-tone hate politics
Whatever chance there was to put all the pieces back together has passed. Too much has been said, publicly and certainly privately, for either side to gather itself to try to drive an agreement through
As the centenary of women's suffrage is marked, Theresa May faces a full-on political power battle with three 'unlikely lads' trying to find a way to heave her out of Number 10
Donald Trump treated the State of the Union address as another episode in the long-running soap of his own life
The National Planning Framework has an urgency about it, but taking time to listen carefully to the people and the experts is more important
We know how little progress we have made – even after stories like Joanne Hayes's became public, writes Susan O'Keeffe
If the unions ballot for strike action and it succeeds, the public – paying passengers – will not hold back, writes Susan O'Keeffe
Long-term issues such as the National Planning Framework, new personal data rules and measures to improve the nation's health risk being sidelined in 2018 by the drama of Brexit and Trump
In his 30-odd years leading Ryanair, Michael O’Leary has no tradition of bending to the will of others. He will find it hard, as the shape of his company’s future is no longer quite as familiar to him
The Christmas break will allow all sides to draw breath and draw up their plans for the ‘mother of all battles’ over the eighth amendment
Brexit Secretary's performance pulled the plug on any residual confidence there might have been in the British approach and strategy for the future
The anger and criticism directed at Ireland is indicative of the complete lack of reassurance or solidity surrounding the British establishment as 'Border Monday' looms
The road to this result has been too slow; let’s hope that the necessary parliamentary support for Charlie Flanagan's proposed change is not further delayed by the ever present queue of legislation
The very heart of who we are has never been tapped and called upon in this climate debate, so that we could stand up together and protect what we have left
No real cards left to play as James Brokenshire will struggle to get anyone to listen to him amid the chaos of Theresa May's minority government
We can't be surprised by the latest shocking figures from the Department of Health
Northern Secretary James Brokenshire faces long days and nights ahead of November 6 deadline