Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize may not please everyone, but it recognises the poetic integrity of a man who has drunk deep of many traditions
Fianna Fáil’s drop in the opinion polls means that it is closer to Fine Gael than ever before
Dodgy deals and rivers of cash – now its football’s turn to squirm in the mad-money world of professional sport
The first of three US presidential debates takes place tomorrow - can the carefully choreographed format influence the outcome?
Cameron promised aid to jubilant crowds in Benghazi following Gaddafi’s death, but now the country is a failed state and the the Isis terrorist gateway into Europe
Peter Sutherland is urging Europe to take more migrants. But with a changing future, what can we do with them?
An EU commissioner, exuding authoritarian threat, has publicly put manners on us. Do we have to lie down and take it?
Our great amateur games can teach the world a thing or two about the dignity of contests where making millions isn’t the greatest prize
It’s high time we woke up and stopped falling for the cheesy nonsense of the IOC’s five-ring circus
The Donald is not only his own worst enemy but also possibly his own last major supporter
Organisation may be incapable of protecting the Olympics from cheats and opportunistic criminals
We may have to yield up personal freedoms to tackle the storm of random attacks sweeping Europe
The European Union is at a crossroads, and there are large Turkish tanks rolling across it
The fact is that the EU, not us, will handle the Brexit negotiations between Britain and Ireland
His extraordinary press conference performance after the Chilcot report shows he’s still convinced he did the right thing
