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Elaine Byrne

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Opinion

Elaine Byrne: Varadkar is like Goldilocks who finds reform of the Seanad too big or too little

There will never, ever be any solution to the issue of changes of the Upper House that will be deemed to be just right for the Taoiseach
  • Elaine Byrne
  • October 1, 2023
Opinion

Elaine Byrne: How the dramatic transformation of Irish rugby’s fortunes was no accident

The IRFU has hit on a winning formula – the more money it makes, the more it invests in the game, the more professionalised it becomes and the better it becomes at winning
  • Elaine Byrne
  • September 24, 2023

Simply Better
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Delicious recipes by Neven Maguire

Analysis

Elaine Byrne: Biden should have the courage to not run again, despite his excellent record

By any objective measure, Joe Biden has been a very effective president – but most Americans, on both sides of the aisle, see his age as a liability
  • Elaine Byrne
  • September 17, 2023
Politics

Elaine Byrne: Fine Gael urgently needs new blood as old stalwarts leave office

The party is in danger of losing viability as a political force at the next election, as many TDs who have served for decades are retiring
  • Elaine Byrne
  • September 10, 2023
Comment

Elaine Byrne: From Pee Flynn to Big Phil and now Tubridy, we Irish don’t tolerate hubris

The ex-RTÉ presenter was almost out of the woods and en route to a return to the airwaves, but he just couldn’t take his medicine and shut up
  • Elaine Byrne
  • August 27, 2023
Comment

Elaine Byrne: Drugs are everywhere in society so we must decide if they are a criminal or a health problem

People from all walks of life in Ireland use recreational narcotics and the state spends a disproportionate amount of resources dealing with the issue in the courts
  • Elaine Byrne
  • August 20, 2023
Comment

Elaine Byrne: Politicians beware, tinkering with the electoral system is likely to backfire

Darragh O’Brien’s suggestion that by-elections should be replaced by a European substiture list model may make sense – but history shows that voters may not agree
  • Elaine Byrne
  • August 13, 2023
Opinion

Elaine Byrne: Inaction over National Party gold bar farce highlights Sipo’s ineptitude

Incident reveals staggering lack of curiosity by Standards Commission about internal financing of a party that has never submitted annual accounts
  • Elaine Byrne
  • August 5, 2023
Opinion

Elaine Byrne: Sinéad wanted us to listen to things that were easier to ignore

Many people dismissed the singer as crazy – but underneath it all she just wanted to make things better
  • Elaine Byrne
  • July 30, 2023
Comment

Elaine Byrne: Gaelscoil Moshíológ case shows unrealistic expectations of voluntary school boards

Is the voluntary nature of school governance arrangements still sustainable?
  • Elaine Byrne
  • July 22, 2023
Comment

Elaine Byrne: European elections will force our politicians to pick a side on issue of neutrality

Our traditional defence policy may well prove to be a crucial – and delicate – issue for parties and independents alike in next year’s European Parliament ballot
  • Elaine Byrne
  • July 9, 2023
RTÉ Payments Scandal

Elaine Byrne: RTÉ showed up but many organisations thumb their noses at Oireachtas committees

It was a good week for politicians as they put the national broadcaster in the spotlight but many companies and state bodies refuse to attend when invited for questioning
  • Elaine Byrne
  • July 2, 2023
Opinion

Elaine Byrne: The state has a duty to be prudent about spending money on court cases

The launch of the Attorney General’s State Litigation Principles is welcome, but it is unclear how they will work in practice
  • Elaine Byrne
  • June 24, 2023
Comment

Elaine Byrne: How ‘new’ Sinn Féin is ditching its old ways – and preparing for government

The party is disengaging from entrenched positions to make itself more palatable to both the middle classes and potential coalition partners
  • Elaine Byrne
  • June 18, 2023
Analysis

Elaine Byrne: Fine Gael, in trying to ride two horses at once, stands alienated from its base

Instead of regressing inward to its core base, Fine Gael should be following the smart money and owning biodiversity by rebranding it as a progressive policy
  • Elaine Byrne
  • June 10, 2023
Legal

Elaine Byrne: Making public inquiries more efficient is at the state’s fingertips if it would just listen

Judge Cregan’s final report on the Siteserv affair contains perfectly sensible solutions to reform interminable public inquiries that have been said before and it’s time the government actually heeded these recommendations
  • Elaine Byrne
  • June 4, 2023
Politics

Elaine Byrne: Fine Gael in danger of becoming the cuckoo in the nest with budget kites

The other government parties have thrown their hands up at what is viewed as an early play by junior ministers to take credit for popular measures in the upcoming budget
  • Elaine Byrne
  • May 27, 2023
Artificial Intelligence

Elaine Byrne: The rapid spread of AI means the truth now has many faces

Artificial intelligence has the power to distort democracy and impact our lives in ways we cannot imagine yet
  • Elaine Byrne
  • May 21, 2023
Citizens' Assembly

Elaine Byrne: Citizens Assembly will hopefully hear some long-awaited honesty about drug use

Even though the use of illegal drugs in Ireland is prevalent in every community in Ireland, there is still a stifling stigma around the issue so the Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use should serve to legitimise the debate around decriminalisation
  • Elaine Byrne
  • May 13, 2023
Politics

Elaine Byrne: DUP’s stand against Irish on shaky ground now King Charles has embraced it

The newly anointed British head of state, and revered monarch to the unionist party, included the language in his coronation and lauded it as part of a ‘rich heritage’ which needs to be preserved
  • Elaine Byrne
  • May 6, 2023

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