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07:30 Pope Francis was an equal opportunities thorn in the side

For all their shortcomings, the recently deceased pontiff and the late Bishop Willie Walsh left the world a better place

16/04 Conor McGregor is the weirdest objection yet to plans for an elected Dublin mayor

Irish electorate has time and again proven itself to be sane and rational

09/04 Kathy Sheridan: Don’t blame all Americans for Donald Trump

That liberal, decent, brave America many of us used to know, the one that is deeply flawed but still full of generosity is still there, clinging to the wreckage

02/04 Kathy Sheridan: Ireland’s parliamentary standards have been trashed in recent weeks

Democracy is fragile - the consequences of politicians breaking with parliamentary norms and standards are not just theoretical

25/03 Kathy Sheridan: Healthy over-70s had no idea they were old until the order came to ‘cocoon’

It was a cuddly, infantilising word for what many believed was effectively house arrest

12/03 Kathy Sheridan: Why women are having fewer babies, in Ireland and worldwide

In Ireland, during 2024 the birth rate fell to 1.5 per woman – even lower than the United States rate of 1.6

05/03 Kathy Sheridan: Nathan McDonnell couldn’t see the consequences of his crimes. How many middle class drug users can?

McDonnell became a master of keeping up appearances, even as €32m worth of crystal meth was hidden in his yard

26/02 Kathy Sheridan: Zelenskiy embodies the sacrifice of his people

Ukrainian leader has offered to step down in exchange for Nato membership or if it brings peace

19/02 Ten people died in a furnace of twisted metal in Creeslough. Now the owner wants to build another filling station

‘They plan to install petrol pumps on part of the site where my wife took her last breath,’ wrote Derek Martin, whose wife Martina died in the explosion

12/02 Kathy Sheridan: What we need now is a Tony Holohan for housing

Where are the greedy fossils desperate to keep house prices soaring? We just want the truth

05/02 Kathy Sheridan: Public may not care who gets to speak in the Dáil - but they do care about being taken for fools

Problem ultimately wasn’t about low-stakes speaking time or terrible political nous: it was over a proposal that utterly failed to pass the bulls**t test

29/01 Tech bros welcome masculine energy back to workplace. It’s news to me it ever went away

There was overreach after the #MeToo movement but the backlash against women we’re seeing now is ferocious

22/01 Kathy Sheridan: It’s a good time for a higher tax on Ireland’s 11 billionaires

But what are the chances of a co-ordinated international approach now? Take a look at Trump’s inauguration images. The whole event could as easily have been rendered in the form of a gigantic crypto coin

22/01 Kathy Sheridan: News that Ireland has 11 billionaires is a good time to talk about a wealth tax

But what are the chances of a co-ordinated international approach now? Take a look at Trump’s inauguration images. The whole event could as easily have been rendered in the form of a gigantic crypto coin

15/01 Kathy Sheridan: Mark Zuckerberg’s pronouncements confirm that ‘woke’ is dead

Household names turn back the clock to darker times as they fall into step with the next occupant of the White House

08/01 Kathy Sheridan: Sucking up to Trump will not leave us on the right side of history

Wealth and its uses are rarely benevolent – it’s not just a means of living in luxury, but a means of changing perceptions. Just ask Conor McGregor or Elon Musk

01/01 Kathy Sheridan: Predictions? It’s difficult to do anything but peer fearfully around the corner into this new year

Of immediate concern is the ease with which Elon Musk’s limitless money has allowed him to buy his way to the pinnacle of political power

18/12 Kathy Sheridan: The sanitised version of nativity story rings increasingly hollow

Last Christmas, near the site of the original nativity in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, the Lutheran Church placed the baby in a manger of rubble and destruction to reflect the reality of children being born and living in Palestine today

13/12 Letters to the Editor, December 13th: On queuing for food, rural Ireland and Christmas in Dublin

No child should have to go hungry, particularly at this time of year

11/12 Kathy Sheridan: Leo Varadkar is right. Basic sums shouldn’t flummox a Cabinet Minister, or any of us

Wouldn’t it be novel if the next taoiseach chose his cabinet on the basis of their qualifications, competence and relevant experience and included a few arithmetic nerds?

04/12 Kathy Sheridan: In a new Dáil once again dominated by men, three women will lead the Opposition

Democracy is on a downward arc globally, and we can see the warning signs here in the treatment by some media of Gerry Hutch’s candidacy as a joke. We learned nothing from the ascent of Donald Trump

27/11 Kathy Sheridan: A dull election campaign failed to shake apathetic electorate out of their slumber

This was always going to be the danger phase

20/11 Kathy Sheridan: Angry flea circus buzzing around ‘woke’ Helen McEntee goes beyond the usual political sniping

Willie O’Dea called her 'the worst minister for justice in the history of the State' while Jim O’Callaghan said she had copied his ideas

13/11 Kathy Sheridan: ‘Your body. My choice.’ A phrase that chills women to the bone

A segment circulating on the internet from Russian TV featuring a 20-year-old nude photoshoot by Melania Trump was interpreted as a coded message to the future president

05/11 Kathy Sheridan: I am nauseously optimistic about the chances of a Kamala Harris victory

Come what may, it’s a good day to salute the courage and persistence of the women on whose shoulders Harris’s extraordinary campaign was built

23/10 Kathy Sheridan: Heather Humphreys defies old line about all political lives ending in failure

Minister is exiting politics amid warm affection from the real world. Her advice about ignoring social media is instructive

16/10 Kathy Sheridan: Don’t be too quick to write off Gráinne Seoige. The original celebrity candidate was Jack Lynch

Lynch is a prime example of the problem with lazy monikers and a label that lumps all candidates with name recognition, but wildly varying backgrounds, together

09/10 Kathy Sheridan: Child benefit works as intended - and not just by buying votes for politicians

Yes, there’s a whiff of pixie dust about the bonanza of payments, but child benefit rightly holds a special place among mothers of all incomes and life choices

02/10 Leo Varadkar could learn something from Jimmy Carter about how to retire

The afterlives of political leaders are often greater measures of their character than their times in office are. It’s hard to let go - just watch former leaders who lack the grace to dial down the wise-after-the-event pronouncements

11/09 Kathy Sheridan: US media needs to stop ‘sanewashing’ Trump and start asking tougher questions about his capacity

Ignorant madness of presidential candidate’s gibberish is being played down as news outlets make him sound sane and rational

04/09 Kathy Sheridan: Dry your eyes Oasis fans, there’s no such thing as a gig emergency

Ultimately it comes down to the free market, to supply and demand and what people are willing to pay - because they’re superfans or want to be seen. But people exhausted by the relentless hustle have had enough

28/08 Netanyahu has distracted the world’s attention from countless other warmongering thugs

What kind of global mindset allows preposterous, insecure leaders in Sudan, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia and elsewhere to cock their legs on their own populations and the wider world?

21/08 Donald Trump doesn’t know how to compete against Kamala Harris

Complaints that Harris won’t agree to a sit-down interview miss the point: these elections are about anything but issues and policy

14/08 Kathy Sheridan: Post-Olympics comedown can leave athletes feeling exhausted, empty and aimless

We will miss those two weeks of uncomplicated joy which felt like a holiday for the heart

07/08 Kathy Sheridan: Laws on wearing masks are just one of the difficult balancing acts to come

Minister for Justice is exploring ways to ban protesters from wearing masks with the intention to intimidate others and frustrate efforts to identify them

31/07 Kathy Sheridan: Was the Olympics ceremony backlash more about the drag artists than the Last Supper?

Despite the rain, the cheese, the sneers and the sheer length of it, it was impossible not to feel moved. Like it or not, Thomas Jolly created the most inclusive event in the history of sport

10/07 Kathy Sheridan: It’s as if we’re seeing Kamala Harris for the first time

If not now, if it’s too soon for a woman president, if the stakes are too high this time, when will it be her time?

03/07 Defence Forces personnel must be held to higher standards and scrutiny than any other servants of the State

Complaints about feeling collectively demonised amid allegations cannot be entertained given the pledge of the Defence Forces to the people

26/06 Kathy Sheridan: Tory’s Project Fear is last desperate act of a party about to plunge off a cliff

Conservative Party faces losing so badly it won’t have enough seats to mount an official opposition. No wonder Tories are suddenly panicking about democracy

19/06 Kathy Sheridan: Nina Carberry’s vanishing act is a sign of casual disregard for European Parliament

The European Parliament is an increasingly powerful institution from which a huge share of our laws and regulations derive – so why do some politicians seem to regard it as expensive training wheels?

12/06 Kathy Sheridan: I ranked among that much derided category of people who spoil their vote

I gave the most obnoxious candidate 27, then started down from number 1. But a final review revealed I had awarded two number 12s

05/06 Kathy Sheridan: The chasing and jostling of Simon Harris blurred the line between protest and harassment

There are two responses to the harassing of the Taoiseach in Mayo. some despair at the protesters, others ask why Harris ran scared

29/05 Kathy Sheridan: ‘Yiz ain’t f***in welcome.’ The normalisation of hate-speech is almost complete

The language and sentiments in this article warrant a trigger warning, but they are a reality

22/05 Kathy Sheridan: Beware of simplistic appeals to ‘common sense’ on the issue of immigration

Time was in the US when ‘common sense’ informed the notion that the Irish were violent, drunken apes responsible for driving down wages and taking all the jobs

15/05 If you’re shocked to learn that conspiracy theories are gaining traction, you’re in a bubble

Finding that a third of respondents believed it was definitely or probably true that a “small, secret group of people is responsible for making all major decisions in world politics” should dent some general complacency

24/04 Not-quite-Independents are emerging as the new political force

One startling fact: the number of Independents elected to the Dáil in recent years has exceeded the combined number elected to all other EU member state parliaments

17/04 Kathy Sheridan: Politics attracts some idiots and narcissists - but most are still driven by a desire to do good

To step forward and declare you want to serve in spite of all the abuse requires brave, old-fashioned character

10/04 Kathy Sheridan: Whose needs would a Progressive Democrats 2.0 serve?

In much of the commentary following the recent referendums, the phrase 'enough is enough' was often heard – the implication being that great numbers of people have made enough huge sacrifices by voting for compassion and understanding but that’s all over now

03/04 Kathy Sheridan: I split my house with my daughter, without government help. Stop shaming ‘empty nesters’

The annual finger-jabbing ignores the fact that there are no meaningful incentives on offer

27/03 If politicians like Varadkar and Ardern are burnt out, it’s a sign of the corrosive nature of politics

Varadkar opened up appalling vista where youngish politicians might actually admit they no longer felt up to the job

13/03 Kathy Sheridan: Where were the Men for Mothers brigade when there was cleaning and caring to be done?

Government made a hames of the referendums and no one disputes that, but the far right also regards the vote as a big breakthrough

06/03 Kathy Sheridan: Spare me the so-called ‘true patriots’ who preach about freedom and peddle fake news

Unverified allegations made online are now having real life consequences

28/02 Kathy Sheridan: Catherine Martin’s gotcha moment has backfired spectacularly

If the Minister for Media had faced down the opposition and the media and supported the RTÉ chair, public interest in the issue would have faded quickly. Instead, the fallout rumbles on

21/02 ‘Male, pale and stale’ might be a trite old cliche, but there’s a reason why it has stuck in politics

Men who agitate about labels or being supplanted by hordes of vengeful women should look around them. Fewer than a quarter of our TDs are women

14/02 Kathy Sheridan: Trump’s flaming chainsaw circus act is back. Shame on the media hopping on the gravy train

The candidate with openly violent dictatorship ambitions is being allowed to campaign as a normal politician

07/02 Kathy Sheridan: Michelle O’Neill looks to the future, while Joe Brolly seems stuck in the past

Her hopeful words were in sharp contrast to Joe Brolly’s cynical appraisal of the mood south of the border

31/01 Kathy Sheridan: We can thank Brexit for one thing: its lesson in how to spot opportunists, liars and zealots

As immigration creeps up the opinion polls, we would do well to pay attention

24/01 Has the world forgotten what it means to elect a fascist?

When many people take democracy neither seriously nor literally, we’ve got a problem

17/01 Kathy Sheridan: Why are Americans only worried about Joe Biden’s age and not Trump’s?

With 91 indictments and a possible jail term looming, Trump has much to stress about, which hardly bodes well for his life expectancy

10/01 Kathy Sheridan: Demonisation of single, migrant men has bounced from far-right into the mainstream

Fellow human beings are being dehumanised, and we are being played

03/01 Kathy Sheridan: This year, let’s banish ‘following your gut’, ‘Centrist Dads’ and entertaining politics

Politicians will be thoughtful, truthful and boring. Candidates will not be interchangeable with entertainers. RTE political coverage will be monitored for excessive excitement

27/12 Kathy Sheridan: From Gaza to Afghanistan to the Criminal Courts of Justice, this was a bleak year for women

Women still face a spectrum starts with an almost concealed disdain, a certain contempt, an ingrained prejudice, and runs all the way to violent hatred

20/12 Kathy Sheridan: Scorching irony of a politician declaring ‘the inn is full’ at Christmas

After initial disbelief and anger over the Galway hotel fire, the overriding feeling this week is of sadness

13/12 Kathy Sheridan: Anger is everywhere. We need more imaginative forms of justice

The word ‘anger’ isn’t big enough to cover the naked aggression some people see as their entitlement

06/12 Kathy Sheridan: A world preoccupied by a burning Palestine suits Putin’s purpose

While the world is preoccupied with Gaza, billions have been returned to Russia by oligarchs, the economy has stabilised and restaurants are packed

29/11 Kathy Sheridan: When Elon Musk agrees that Conor McGregor should run for office, reality has overtaken parody

The manufactured outrage unleashed by the Israeli foreign minister’s tweet was something to behold

22/11 Kathy Sheridan: Women’s bodies have always been a battlefield in war

Survivor and witness testimony, many from the Supernova rave, describe seeing women being raped before they were shot

15/11 Suella Braverman lived down to everything that was expected of her

Braverman is the latest in a long line of mediocre-to-really-terrible women in the Tory Party

01/11 Kathy Sheridan: Oligarchs like Elon Musk are most dangerous when they become too big to fail

Wilful indifference to one of the world’s most consequential oligarchs (yes, he’s an oligarch) is nothing to be proud of

25/10 Kathy Sheridan: For the love of God, don’t make me defend Paddy Cosgrave

At a superficial level, Cosgrave may be considered a martyr to corporate censorship. Another look might suggest he was brought down by his own restless, scattergun bellicosity

18/10 Stop making excuses for why children don’t walk to school any more

Heavy backpacks, idiot drivers, the judgment of other parents: we’ve heard it all. But parents who insist on driving children short distances are idiot drivers too

11/10 Kathy Sheridan: Butchery and raw terror of this week have remade the face of the Middle East

As long as the conflict remains mired in raw hatred and violence, new generations of the despairing and disaffected will grow up to replace the prisoners and the fallen martyrs

04/10 The fall of crypto wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried: A modern morality tale

The most fascinating part of this story is how the cool celebrities and financiers bought it in its entirety

27/09 Kathy Sheridan: Several of Leinster House’s more vocal actors should be shuffling their consciences

No-one should have to endure threats, harassment or entrapment in the name of protest, far-right or otherwise

20/09 Kathy Sheridan: The toxic 2000s gave us Russell Brand, but the 2020s produced Andrew Tate

To quote Russell Brand gives me no joy but it’s important to convey what he saw as a ‘joke’

30/08 Kathy Sheridan: That creepy ‘peck’ may be Luis Rubiales’s greatest contribution to sport

His Trumpian response elevated what was an unwanted kiss into a tableau of abuse of power

23/08 Kathy Sheridan: What exactly did we expect the parents of Lucy Letby to do?

How does anyone deal with the dawning possibility that their very ordinary daughter, who liked Zumba and was the first in her family to go to college, is also a killer?

16/08 Kathy Sheridan: Election posters? Yes, please

Don’t meddle with elements of elections that do the job simply, fairly and transparently

09/08 Edge of misogyny in criticism of Helen McEntee is unmistakable

Our government representatives might examine their casually damaging language and count their blessings

02/08 Kathy Sheridan: The Aga had to go and so did my sanity

Turning this big old house into two smaller energy-efficient ones makes sense. Retrofitting grants don’t

26/07 Kathy Sheridan: The judge who protested on behalf of the TV licence refuseniks

Is it wise for a judge to turn news headlines into a rallying cry for accused people?

19/07 Kathy Sheridan: We’re arguing over coffee cups while the world burns

Slapping a 20 cent tax on a coffee cup won’t slow our extinction. But one thing is certain: the time for climate whataboutery is gone

12/07 Kathy Sheridan: If Patrick Costello had his way, we’d be on a grand day off to celebrate King Billy

The Orange Order has never acknowledged responsibility for the as many as ten people who died and hundreds injured at Drumcree alone. Does that really chime with a jolly holiday in the Republic?

05/07 Kathy Sheridan: In a country with a population the same as Barcelona’s, do we need celebrity journalists?

When RTÉ chairwoman Siún Ní Raghallaigh says it’s time to bin the talent, we should listen

28/06 Protesters think silly little Ireland can’t stay sober around sexy, scheming Nato

Polls suggest prevailing attitude to Nato is total confusion. Influential figures should be chivvying us all towards expert forums to make up our own minds

07/06 Kathy Sheridan: A better question might be why aren’t more politicians walking away?

Unlike most occupations, the question of whether politics is worth the downside is not just about the individual, but the whole family. Is it worth the in-your-face threats and protests on the doorstep?

31/05 Kathy Sheridan: Fine Gael’s squeezed middle are actually the country’s top one third

Limp FG kites already in flight suggest party’s ambitions limited to 20-25% core vote and talking only to them

24/05 Kathy Sheridan: An acquaintance believes Ireland is full. When facts are scarce, it’s no wonder

If people are unsure what to think about immigration, it’s hardly surprising. Clear, timely information is the first requirement

17/05 Kathy Sheridan: Nuance evaporated as Higgins and economists got lost in scrum for last word

Sweeping attacks on any profession, trade, group or class are not helpful. Let’s have a civilised debate between the president and selected economists in a public forum

10/05 Kathy Sheridan: The Ireland into which Annie McCarrick vanished was a different country

Her family believed then and now she was being harassed or stalked. But those terms had barely entered the language, let alone the law