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Colin Murphy: Lessons for today’s conflict over free speech in long-ago attempt to 'cancel' Ulysses

The now largely forgotten figure of John Munro Woolsey was instrumental in getting one of literature’s greatest ever works into publication in the US

Colin Murphy: Greens’ deal for artists doesn’t mean basic income is coming

Catherine Martin’s announcement of a basic income pilot scheme for artists will be popular with that hard-hit community, but the concept of a national basic income is politically divisive

Colin Murphy: Traveller site scandal points to deeper malaise in Irish society

Cork City Council’s failure to provide safe facilities at the Spring Lane halting site is merely the latest instance of ignoring our country’s most ostracised community

Ongoing ‘forgotten occupation’ shows how the EU’s principles only go so far

The eyes of the world were on Gaza last week, but Spain’s hardline treatment of migrants entering the enclave of Ceuta reminds us that other political and humanitarian crises are unfolding closer to home

Colin Murphy: Unionists are not the only ones ensnared by figments of the past

There is a long and pernicious assumption that unionists just need to realise that they are actually Irish and that a united Ireland will then fall into place

Colin Murphy: India shows we are a long way from a post-pandemic world

A year into this crisis, Covid-19 still has the ability to inflict considerable suffering of the kind being witnessed in India. How did we let this happen?

Colin Murphy: Sinn Féin‘s voter database likely to be a template for the other parties

Irish politics now has a choice to either follow Sinn Féin’s ever-more sophisticated profiling of voters, or return to traditional reliance on local intelligence

Colin Murphy: Is Sinn Féin’s Abú database a step into dangerous territory?

The questions being asked of the party by the Data Protection Commissioner on Sinn Féin‘s alleged gathering of intelligence on political opinions on a national level are legitimate ones

Colin Murphy: The good news is that our vaccine rollout is on course to meet targets

For all the gnashing of teeth over schools and vaccinations, the figures show that the vaccine delivery rate is set to surpass projections by a distance

Colin Murphy: Autism ‘spying’ scandal highlights the dilemma of prying versus privacy

The recent RTÉ expose of state information-gathering is a disturbing reminder of the increase in surveillance on our lives. But protecting our privacy against that has a cost

Colin Murphy: Leprechaun economics are a very real threat to our national interest

It’s the Double Irish that defines us in the eyes of the world, and this can have unintended consequences

Colin Murphy: This ‘man’s world’ of ours needs to change so women feel safe too

By not thinking explicitly about how their decisions will have an impact on women’s safety, city designers and engineers, largely male, design for men by default

The Leaving Cert is not fair but now we have a chance to change that

Research in education shows children quickly internalise their place in the pecking order and the Leaving Cert has merely reinforced this order, rather than providing the means to challenge it

Colin Murphy: We speak the language of inclusion about Travellers, but inaction speaks louder

Six decades on from the days when NSPCA inspectors could have Traveller children placed in institutions, they are still subject to discrimination, as the Pontins scandal showed last week

Colin Murphy: In law, we are closer to house arrest than a 5km limit

Covid-19 restrictions say you should not leave home at all ‘without reasonable excuse’ – a rule that‘s broader than it need be, is widely misunderstood and of dubious effectiveness

Colin Murphy: Beating Drumm ignores how crash not just the fault of a cartoon villain bank

As the former Anglo boss walked free from prison last week, it became apparent that every time we focus on the sins of his bank, we lose sight of where else to lay blame

Colin Murphy: Time for the government to take the DPC seriously and prevent a ‘Wild West’ of data protection

The Data Protection Commission is now the primary data protection authority for half a billion European social media users. It needs extra resources, and quickly

Tommy Tiernan: ‘There’s a pressure to have phenomenal erections all the time’

The comedian’s unorthodox chat show has been a sensational success. With an extended run continuing this month, the host, writer and stand-up shares his meditations on life, sex, and not following the money

Colin Murphy: The west’s vaccine greed could come back to haunt it

So-called ‘vaccine nationalism’ means richer countries have a surplus at the expense of poorer nations

Colin Murphy: Special needs education falls victim to state‘s scare tactics

An unintended consequence of the government’s ‘hammer and dance’ pandemic strategy is that our educators no longer trust the state to keep them safe