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We Must Not Lose Sight Of The Importance Of The EU
  • Opinion
  • 11 Jul 26

We Must Not Lose Sight Of The Importance Of The EU

The United States at 250: "Consideration of the 250 years of the US should include a healthy measure of self-questioning and contrition"
  • Opinion
  • 23 Jun 26

The United States at 250: "Consideration of the 250 years of the US should include a healthy measure of self-questioning and contrition"

Welcome to the AI Apocalypse – brought to us by largely uncontrolled, mostly US-owned tech corporations
  • Opinion
  • 16 May 26

Welcome to the AI Apocalypse – brought to us by largely uncontrolled, mostly US-owned tech corporations

Strait of Hormuz and rising oil prices: "Trump and Netanyahu have made  a monumental miscalculation – and the rest of us are stuck with the consequences"
  • Opinion
  • 20 Apr 26

Strait of Hormuz and rising oil prices: "Trump and Netanyahu have made  a monumental miscalculation – and the rest of us are stuck with the consequences"

The war dogs couldn’t give a damn about climate change – so where does that leave us?
  • Opinion
  • 25 Mar 26

The war dogs couldn’t give a damn about climate change – so where does that leave us?

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"

Remembering Hiroshima 80 years on: "August 6 should be a day of global silence, a day when we contemplate the terrors of war"
  • Opinion
  • 06 Aug 25

Remembering Hiroshima 80 years on: "August 6 should be a day of global silence, a day when we contemplate the terrors of war"

The Environmental Crisis: We Need To Act Now Or Regret It Forever
  • Opinion
  • 30 Jun 25

The Environmental Crisis: We Need To Act Now Or Regret It Forever

<i>Cabaret</i> and the rise of the Nazis: "The Roaring 20s came and went a century ago, but there are eerie and very worrying parallels with today"
  • Opinion
  • 20 May 25

Cabaret and the rise of the Nazis: "The Roaring 20s came and went a century ago, but there are eerie and very worrying parallels with today"

We Need A Proper Analysis Of Our Response To Covid
  • Opinion
  • 20 Apr 25

We Need A Proper Analysis Of Our Response To Covid

The Vietnam War: 50 Years On – "What will be celebrated in Ho Chi Minh City at the end of April is peace, not war"
  • Opinion
  • 24 Mar 25

The Vietnam War: 50 Years On – "What will be celebrated in Ho Chi Minh City at the end of April is peace, not war"

Washington 2025: "The bull isn’t just in the china shop. He’s on the streets, and in the skies and on the high seas too"
  • Opinion
  • 24 Feb 25

Washington 2025: "The bull isn’t just in the china shop. He’s on the streets, and in the skies and on the high seas too"

The Hog: "Donald Trump is the hot dog, the self-styled Alpha of misogynistic, bullying Alphas"
  • Opinion
  • 04 Feb 25

The Hog: "Donald Trump is the hot dog, the self-styled Alpha of misogynistic, bullying Alphas"

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: Addressing the Complexity of Immigration
  • Opinion
  • 27 Dec 24

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: Addressing the Complexity of Immigration

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: "Climate change has also been sucked into the culture wars"
  • Opinion
  • 24 Dec 24

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: "Climate change has also been sucked into the culture wars"

The Year In Culture: From <i>Brat</i> Green to Feuds Created and Abated
  • Opinion
  • 22 Dec 24

The Year In Culture: From Brat Green to Feuds Created and Abated

The Whole Hog End Of Year Special: Home Fires - "As ever with Official Ireland, we're chasing the play rather than making it, behind rather than ahead of the curve"
  • Opinion
  • 19 Dec 24

The Whole Hog End Of Year Special: Home Fires - "As ever with Official Ireland, we're chasing the play rather than making it, behind rather than ahead of the curve"

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: The Disinformation Game
  • Opinion
  • 19 Dec 24

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: The Disinformation Game

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: The AI of The Land
  • Opinion
  • 18 Dec 24

The Whole Hog End of Year Special: The AI of The Land

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