Correspondents
15 April 2023
Did the American president’s deeply personal sense of Irish history meet the moment?
National Affairs
19 October 2022
Ireland provides one model for how a presidency can work within a parliamentary system
Correspondents
13 February 2020
We know what has gone from Irish politics, but it isn’t yet clear what will take its place
Books & Arts
29 January 2019
Books | How much have the Irish contributed to an Australian identity? The debate continues
Correspondents
22 June 2018
Ireland’s vote to legalise abortion is having a percussive impact on its neighbours
Correspondents
16 June 2017
Ireland’s dizzying rate of change is personified by a new prime minister who heads a precarious administration
Correspondents
19 April 2017
Brexit’s titanic tests have forced the prime minister’s hand
Correspondents
16 June 2016
Dublin’s commemoration of the Easter 1916 rising against British rule had an inclusive message but a political undertow, says David Hayes
International
8 March 2016
The Irish election failed to produce a clear result, writes Liam Weeks in Cork. A historic realignment of parties could be the most likely consequence
Correspondents
31 August 2014
Dublin and London are finding common diplomatic ground just as politics is sweeping them off their feet
Books & Arts
16 February 2012
Denis O’Brien’s story helps explain what went wrong for the Celtic Tiger, writes Jock Given
Correspondents
21 September 2010
Liam Weeks writes from Ireland, where as many as 40 per cent of governments have relied on the support of independents in parliament
Books & Arts
18 February 2010
Judith Brett reviews Fintan O’Toole’s gripping account of the fall of the Celtic Tiger
Correspondents
15 April 2009
The Irish economy is in crisis, writes Cormac Ó Gráda, but not all the gains of two decades of growth will be lost