Dublin is a city on the edge
Ireland has been a powder keg waiting to explode for quite some time
: Ireland
Monday
Friday
The tension simmering beneath the Dublin riots
This is not the Dublin of Guinness and glass palaces housing tech companies which it wishes to present to the world
Friday
A potent seam of violence: The Wren, the Wren, by Anne Enright, reviewed
Why the Irish novelist’s deceptively modest new novel is a must read
Sunday
Ireland’s bonkers plan to kill cows to save the planet
The elites there don’t care if this move tanks the economy and leaves tens of thousands jobless
Wednesday
Conor McGregor is finished
Today, it seems, his name is associated with everything but actually fighting
Saturday
Ireland’s most notorious murderer still casts a disturbing spell
The similarities between the author and the murderer are striking, as O’Connell notes with increasing discomfort
Friday
Readers of Ulysses have a right to be smug
Not even Joyce’s biggest fans can say it’s an easy read
Tuesday
Ireland’s migrant hypocrisy
It’s here where the tents of homeless asylum seekers are being set on fire
Saturday
How Ireland lost its craic
It’s turned into a kind of parody of liberal authoritarianism while you weren’t looking
Monday
Varadkar red-faced after his boyfriend’s coronation messages leak
Leo Varadkar’s partner was amused by the Clerk of the Closet, joking that he ‘had this job until my early twenties’
Friday
Ireland’s violent men of peace
That heady Irish cocktail of romance, lies and boredom is still intoxicating
Wednesday
Joe Biden’s hostility to Britain only harms the United States
In Scranton, Biden was steeped in the exaggerated but dated folklore of Irish grudge
Tuesday
Violent extremists won’t spoil Joe Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland
It is hard to see how the existing terrorist groups could undermine such formidable security
Monday
It's no surprise some Irish-Americans remain clueless about the Troubles
A New York event commemorating the Good Friday Agreement welcomed Sinn Féin… and no Unionists
Monday
How Rishi Sunak succeeded on Brexit where Theresa May failed
Rishi Sunak has succeeded where Theresa May failed
Saturday
Don’t expect a united Ireland any time soon
Sinn Fein’s status as Ireland’s most popular party may owe more to its stance on healthcare than the border
Saturday
Three men on a pilgrimage: Haven, by Emma Donoghue, reviewed
Haven by Emma Donoghue reviewed
Saturday
Biden’s war: does he know what he’s doing?
The president can’t stop undermining his own policy with gaffes
Thursday
Irish quartet: Beautiful World, Where Are You?, by Sally Rooney, reviewed
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney reviewed