It was disheartening recently to see a breakdown of civilised debate in our “meeting place” (the meaning of the word “Dáil”). Our Constitution has been amended 32 times, so surely it is a simple ...

It is time to turbocharge all aspects of the Good Friday Agreement. The scourge of intolerance has spread from being just ...

On behalf of a group of family, relatives and friends of the late Roisin Cryan, I would like to pay tribute to the GAA community. A large busload of us travelled to Croke Park last Sunday for the ...

Further chaotic scenes loom in Leinster House this week over Dáil speaking time as a new Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks ...

Jews were dragged out of their own event for turning their backs in silent protest as the president spoke. But he should not ...

Sunlight was emerging through the clouds on St Brigid’s Day, marking the Celtic start of spring, as they came to honour a ...

Acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley managed to touch the souls of people with just a few words, his funeral has heard. President Michael D Higgins was among mourners who joined Longley’s family at ...

President of Ireland Michael D Higgins was among mourners who joined Longley’s family at Saturday’s service in All Souls Church in Belfast ...

Acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley managed to touch the souls of people with just a few words, his funeral has heard.

A 32-year-old has been charged with three counts of robbery, taking conveyance without authority and common assault.

Higgins at the event, meant to honor the memory of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, instead veered into a ...