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Cathal Mac Coille: Taliban’s resurgence unlikely to help Assange’s case for clemency

With US policy on Afghanistan now exposed as a manifest failure, Joe Biden may feel that dropping the charges against the Wikileaks’ campaigner carries too high a political price

Cathal Mac Coille: Inaction on injection centres just kicks the can down the road

Fully four years after the Oireachtas backed the setting-up of supervised drug injection centres, not one of them has opened

Cathal Mac Coille: Confusion and conflict sour state’s planned ‘middle path’ on indoor dining

Opinions differ sharply on whether reopening indoor dining for vaccinated people is a fair idea or a safe one. In reality, it’s an experiment and a compromise

Cathal Mac Coille: The impossible demand for ‘certainty’ will fuel a summer of discontent

Pandemics don’t do certainty, and Nphet is in the unenviable position of having to tell government, hospitality sectors and the public some truths that no one wants to hear

Cathal Mac Coille: Political clumsiness aside, we need to talk about Irish unity

Leo Varadkar’s timing and motives are debatable, but his speech raises a topic that bears discussing without much more delay

Cathal Mac Coille: The siren song of populist taxation never loses its appeal

In its call to abolish property tax, Sinn Féin is out of step with its leftist colleagues across Europe – and its own party in the North

Cathal Mac Coille: Government must be radical on rents for its own sake, and ours

As increasing numbers of younger voters may never be able to buy their own home, it's time for the government to consider a drastic overhaul of the rental market

Cathal Mac Coille: After the talking, now it is time to act on gender equality issues

There is general agreement on the recommendations by the Citizens’ Assembly on maternity leave and home care, but how to pay for it is a question that can‘t be shirked

Cathal Mac Coille: Donnelly finds not all publicity is good publicity in tiff over tweets

The health minister is not alone in his concern for self-promotion but he didn‘t help his case with his handling of the issue

Cathal Mac Coille: Confusion and incoherence must be avoided now more than ever

Political wrangling and mishaps give the impression of a government at odds with itself, which helps no one

Cathal Mac Coille: Proposed travel cert is not a vaccine passport and is fraught with risk

The EU green cert, for those who have been vaccinated, recovered from Covid-19 or tested negative, will miss many cases and will also create ethical and civil liberties issues

Cathal Mac Coille: Like it or not, the Northern Ireland protocol is the only realistic option

British bad faith puts Ireland in a difficult, but not hopeless, position, and the case for a cooperative approach to the North remains as strong as ever

Cathal Mac Coille: World watches to see who wins in Facebook face-off with Australia

The move to make social media companies pay for news generated by national and international media could have direct implications for Ireland

Cathal Mac Coille: Johnson is gaslighting unionists, Ireland and the EU alike

Political stability in the North is best served by close cooperation between the Irish and British governments, not brazenly irresponsible duplicity on the part of the British prime minister

Cathal Mac Coille: New Covid strains make credible travel restrictions essential

Public disillusion will increase if official ‘advice’ is seen as ineffective and loopholes regarding international travel remain unaddressed

Cathal Mac Coille: How Trump and social media fuelled a mass-delusion event

The attack on the Capitol Building in Washington DC didn’t happen in a vacuum but, instead, was the product of years of poisonous disinformation being spread online

Cathal Mac Coille: Epic scientific achievement is a beacon of hope for the future

The science community’s response to the pandemic has been nothing short of inspirational – and will hopefully encourage the next generation of Stem professionals

Cathal Mac Coille: Sinn Féin's version of history ignores a basic fact

The IRA had no mandate, North or South, for its 37 years of armed struggle

Cathal Mac Coille: High profile non-compliance leads to the same from others

The handling of the RTÉ social distancing controversy was flawed but, even then, the national broadcaster made things worse for itself

Cathal Mac Coille: SF discovers harsh winds blow across the moral high ground

Sinn Féin’s move against Leo Varadkar over Leakgate led to a vociferous response by Fine Gael