Opinion

Opinion

Tanya Sweeney: "We treat celebrities like deities. We’ve always done that, but social media has turbocharged it"
  • Opinion
  • 21 Mar 26

Tanya Sweeney: "We treat celebrities like deities. We’ve always done that, but social media has turbocharged it"

War on Iran: "From day one, it was obvious that this was Netanyahu’s war, and that Trump was duped, or seduced, into participating in it"
  • Opinion
  • 20 Mar 26

War on Iran: "From day one, it was obvious that this was Netanyahu’s war, and that Trump was duped, or seduced, into participating in it"

'Largest flotilla yet' will attempt to break Israel's blockade of Gaza this Spring
  • Opinion
  • 20 Mar 26

'Largest flotilla yet' will attempt to break Israel's blockade of Gaza this Spring

News

Protest against Ireland-Israel Nations League fixtures to take place in Dublin this Tuesday
  • Opinion
  • 19 Mar 26

Protest against Ireland-Israel Nations League fixtures to take place in Dublin this Tuesday

Roger O'Sullivan - Mad Hatter Q&A: "I'd love to make a Shōnen-style anime about making it as a stand-up comedian"
  • Opinion
  • 19 Mar 26

Roger O'Sullivan - Mad Hatter Q&A: "I'd love to make a Shōnen-style anime about making it as a stand-up comedian"

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani supports Palestine at St. Patrick's Day event honouring Mary Robinson
  • Opinion
  • 19 Mar 26

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani supports Palestine at St. Patrick's Day event honouring Mary Robinson

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Interviews

Survivors of abuse at industrial and reformatory school enter fourth week of hunger strike
  • Opinion
  • 17 Oct 25

Survivors of abuse at industrial and reformatory school enter fourth week of hunger strike

Michael Hawkes discusses horrors endured at hands of adoptive uncle Monsignor Benjamin Hawkes in first major interview – and demands apology from Irish government
  • Opinion
  • 29 Oct 24

Michael Hawkes discusses horrors endured at hands of adoptive uncle Monsignor Benjamin Hawkes in first major interview – and demands apology from Irish government

Drugs Minister Colm Burke: "I mean, no matter what area you go to, whether you go to talk to a group of solicitors or barristers or doctors, nurses, care assistants – a certain percentage would have [tried drugs]"
  • Sex & Drugs
  • 16 Sep 24

Drugs Minister Colm Burke: "I mean, no matter what area you go to, whether you go to talk to a group of solicitors or barristers or doctors, nurses, care assistants – a certain percentage would have [tried drugs]"

Rory Hearne: "We need Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to be Decimated"
  • Opinion
  • 15 May 24

Rory Hearne: "We need Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to be Decimated"

2019: Gay Pride Beyond The Pale
  • Sex & Drugs
  • 19 Jun 19

2019: Gay Pride Beyond The Pale

Repeal One Year On: Ailbhe Smyth and Dr Caitriona Henchion on the issues still facing women seeking abortions in Ireland
  • Opinion
  • 27 May 19

Repeal One Year On: Ailbhe Smyth and Dr Caitriona Henchion on the issues still facing women seeking abortions in Ireland

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Message

Manchester Disunited: Toxic, far-right rhetoric needs to be condemned in the strongest manner possible
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 22 Feb 26

Manchester Disunited: Toxic, far-right rhetoric needs to be condemned in the strongest manner possible

Trump's America in 2026: Things are bad – and they may be about to get a whole lot worse
  • Opinion
  • 25 Jan 26

Trump's America in 2026: Things are bad – and they may be about to get a whole lot worse

Trump’s assault on Europe: "Happy new year? Somehow I don’t think so..."
  • Opinion
  • 13 Dec 25

Trump’s assault on Europe: "Happy new year? Somehow I don’t think so..."

Troy Parrott's heroics in Hungary and Trump's betrayal of Zelenskyy and Ukraine: "How can these separate worlds co-exist?"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 29 Nov 25

Troy Parrott's heroics in Hungary and Trump's betrayal of Zelenskyy and Ukraine: "How can these separate worlds co-exist?"

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McCann

I Hope Kneecap Stand Firm
  • Opinion
  • 01 May 25

I Hope Kneecap Stand Firm

Eamonn McCann at 80: Revisiting His Powerful Call To Repeal The 8th Amendment
  • Opinion
  • 10 Mar 23

Eamonn McCann at 80: Revisiting His Powerful Call To Repeal The 8th Amendment

It Wasn’t a Gunshot but a Slogan That Triggered Change in the North
  • Opinion
  • 05 Jan 23

It Wasn’t a Gunshot but a Slogan That Triggered Change in the North

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Hog

Online and side-line abuse: "Nobody is safe. The monster never sleeps"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 23 Feb 26

Online and side-line abuse: "Nobody is safe. The monster never sleeps"

The Year in Sport: "With that goal, Ireland’s World Cup hopes were shaken up like a green, white and orange snow globe"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 31 Dec 25

The Year in Sport: "With that goal, Ireland’s World Cup hopes were shaken up like a green, white and orange snow globe"

Migration: It's Time To Stop Blaming The Victims
  • Opinion
  • 24 Dec 25

Migration: It's Time To Stop Blaming The Victims

Rekindling the pagan spirit of midwinter – in a world where Christmas is more crass than class
  • Opinion
  • 07 Dec 25

Rekindling the pagan spirit of midwinter – in a world where Christmas is more crass than class

The Whole Hog Student Special: "We are never the finished article. But everything we do should be a form of learning"
  • Opinion
  • 08 Sep 25

The Whole Hog Student Special: "We are never the finished article. But everything we do should be a form of learning"

The search for a new president: "External influences are much more likely to be malign than benign"
  • Opinion
  • 17 Aug 25

The search for a new president: "External influences are much more likely to be malign than benign"

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