We got a great welcome in the US this week – if you interpret the reception for members of our Government as representative of what is thought of Ireland and the Irish people – but that doesn’t mean we should fall into the trap of having a great welcome for ourselves. That is worth bearing … Read more
THE decision of President Catherine Connolly to refer to the saint simply as ‘Patrick’ in her address marking the national day has attracted commentary and exercised plenty. The hottest reaction is found on social media, which in turn prompts eye-rolling from those who approve of her excising the honorific from the title of the national … Read more
If the monarchy is to survive, there is only one solution: King Charles must go. That might sound excessive, unprecedented even. But the current crisis engulfing the Crown is grave indeed. Andrew’s arrest — the police, unannounced, rousting the disgraced former prince from his bed at 8am — is surely not the end of this … Read more
If there’s one thing that fascinates the world more than a celebrity romance, it’s a celebrity split. And this week, the gossip mill went into overdrive with the news that Made In Chelsea alumni Millie Mackintosh and Hugo Taylor have called time on their seven-year marriage. After the initial jolt that your favourite celebrity couple … Read more
Ironic, isn’t it, that one of the strongest and bravest advocates for Irish women’s rights is a US-based, middle-aged man? Our female politicians, our tragic excuse for a national women’s advocacy council, our female broadcasters and commentators will happily fling their sisters under the ‘trans’ bus if it means staying in with the cool, keffiyeh-wearing … Read more
When it comes to Beckham vs Beckham, I can see both sides of the story, but on balance I’m team David and Victoria. I’m sure being the son of two such image-conscious and arguably controlling parents can’t be easy. Then again, here is a young man who will never want for anything – and that, at … Read more
President Trump peered over the brink at the mayhem in Minneapolis this week – and quickly pulled back. What was increasingly being seen as his personal anti-migrant goon squad had shot and killed two protesters – one a poet, the other a nurse – in as many weeks, causing widespread revulsion way beyond his usual … Read more
Three is the magic number – or is it? For the Coronation Street actress Helen Flanagan, it was a one-way ticket to heartbreak. As she details in extracts from her autobiography, Head & Heart, serialised by the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday this weekend, dating boxer David Haye while he was in an … Read more
At the Bangkok Youth Center (Thai-Japanese) on the evening of January 17, 2026, Nation Group hosted the “Nation Election 2026 DEBATE: The Crossroads”, bringing together representatives from political parties to present their visions ahead of the February 8 election. Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, leader of the People’s Party and the party’s No.1 prime ministerial candidate, used the … Read more
Support for Ireland remaining a member of the European Union remains high but has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade, according to a survey. Some 82 per cent of people questioned as part of an annual poll, commissioned by civil society organisation European Movement Ireland, said the Republic should remain in … Read more