Fianna Fáil has selected the Deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin, John Stephens, as its candidate in the Dublin Central byelection this May. The party has insisted it can win the election despite not holding a seat in the four-seat constituency for the past 15 years. Stephens, a councillor for the Cabra-Glasnevin local electoral area, was … Read more
Bringing an end to conflicts involves speaking to participants on the basis of parity of esteem, but no party should be allowed “shoot their way to the table”, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern told TDs and senators on Tuesday. Ahern and former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams spoke to the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs about … Read more
Claims by Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams in her new memoir, Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, have made headlines around the world. Wynn-Williams, who worked directly for Facebook’s former chief operations officer Sheryl Sandberg, alleges her then boss spent almost €12,000 on lingerie for herself and an assistant, and asked … Read more
With the big day looming, the airwaves are full of fevered anticipation about the imminent St Patrick’s spectacle. That the events will be awash with gaudy pageantry and cheesy stereotypes is a given, but presenters and pundits across all stations worry that the annual festivities might descend into ugly scenes of unruliness. Yes, so all-pervasive … Read more
The Eurovision winner on the Áras, not getting douze pointes and ‘middle Ireland’ Linda Martin has her sights set on the presidency. Photo: Steve Humphreys On March 21, 1970, Linda Martin watched on the telly with her parents as an 18-year-old from the Bogside in Derry won the Eurovision Song Contest with All Kinds of Everything. Sitting in her … Read more
Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll indicates Aras race is between Mairead McGuinness, Michael McDowell, Bertie Ahern – and Tommy Tiernan Last week it emerged that a garda file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DDP) arising from a criminal investigations into the tribunal’s findings. Only 24c of respondents in the latest Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks … Read more