Opinion

Opinion

Gerry "the Monk" Hutch confirms his run in next Dublin Central by-election
  • Opinion
  • 12 Feb 26

Gerry "the Monk" Hutch confirms his run in next Dublin Central by-election

Social Democrats' Sinéad Gibney on Basic Income For the Arts: "The government’s handling of this issue has been shambolic"
  • Opinion
  • 11 Feb 26

Social Democrats' Sinéad Gibney on Basic Income For the Arts: "The government’s handling of this issue has been shambolic"

Young Fathers donate Super Bowl ad revenue to Minnesota charity and War Child
  • Opinion
  • 10 Feb 26

Young Fathers donate Super Bowl ad revenue to Minnesota charity and War Child

News

New Basic Income for the Arts scheme to kick off before end of year
  • Opinion
  • 10 Feb 26

New Basic Income for the Arts scheme to kick off before end of year

Read an extract from Gerry McGovern's <i>99th Day: A Warning About Technology</i> – "The people of Bento Rodrigues were externalities. Invisible"
  • Opinion
  • 09 Feb 26

Read an extract from Gerry McGovern's 99th Day: A Warning About Technology – "The people of Bento Rodrigues were externalities. Invisible"

Rob Doyle on <i>Cameo:</i> "I felt like I had turned fiction inside out, in a way"
  • Opinion
  • 08 Feb 26

Rob Doyle on Cameo: "I felt like I had turned fiction inside out, in a way"

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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

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?"

Catherine Connolly and Elon Musk are the real stories of the Presidential election, not Maria Steen
  • Opinion
  • 28 Oct 25

Catherine Connolly and Elon Musk are the real stories of the Presidential election, not Maria Steen

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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

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"

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