Ireland

Is the fog of Brexit beginning to clear?

Just possibly, concludes Murray Ritchie. Just when Theresa May escapes one Brexit trap two more are laid. Having probably avoided a leadership challenge because the extreme Brexiteers have seemingly lost their courage,…

When regulation is not a dirty word

In a week of political brinkmanship regulations have become a thorny subject, but aligning regulations is a practical way to make relationships work, as is eminently demonstrated in healthcare, John Egan writes….


A second Brexit referendum?

A growing number of people want Brexit stopped before Britain does itself irreparable economic and international damage, writes Murray Ritchie. When the British diplomat – and true pillar of the Establishment –…



Topographia hibernica: Irish ponder feast or famine

The colonial mind-set will employ a cognitive dissonance of superiority before questing after another nation’s natural resources. It was no different between imperial Britain and pastoral Ireland. Giraldus Cambrensis, the Welsh ecclesiastic,…