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- Ireland's ranking for female politicians is dismal
Sat, Aug 7, 2010Ireland needs to improve its record on women in politics, and gender quotas are the way forward, writes Prof David Farrell
- Putting the programmes first
Sat, Aug 7, 2010RTÉ’s managing director of television Glen Killane has been in the job just six weeks, but his first autumn schedule signals positive thinking in difficult times
- One hundred Irish go for gold at Gay Games
Sat, Aug 7, 2010More than 100 Irish athletes took part in the Gay Games in Cologne, joined by their partners and supporters
- Have we come to the end of the line-up?
Sat, Aug 7, 2010The Garda Síochána is considering a modern version of the identity parade that uses a video database of ‘foils’ instead of lining up ‘suspects’, writes DAVIN O'DWYER
- The fighting Irish
Sat, Jul 31, 2010With little “excitement” on offer in the Irish Army, young Irishmen are queuing up to join British regiments. Next month, hundreds of them will go to war in Afghanistan. London Editor MARK HENNESSY meets the Irish soldiers who have enlisted in the British army
- Visionary leader or African strongman?
Sat, Jul 31, 2010Paul Kagame has presided over impressive economic growth and development in Rwanda but there are some who now ask if it has come at the price of freedom
- Seven DaysSat, Jul 31, 2010A glance at the week that was
- Seven Days
Sat, Jul 24, 2010A glance at the week that was
- Was it really a Celtic Tiger - or a US tiger caged in a Celtic zoo?
Sat, Jul 24, 2010 SOCIETY: Celtic Tiger in Collapse: Explaining the Weaknesses of the Irish Model By Peadar Kirby Palgrave Macmillan, 288pp. £19.99
- Rise and fall of a Tiger tycoonSat, Jul 17, 2010At the height of the boom the property developer Paddy Kelly was worth €350 million. Now he's €350 million in debt. Yet he still drives a BMW, lives in 'a lovely house', and admires Anglo Irish Bank. He spends a day with
FINTAN O'TOOLE
- Congo: the Army's bloody coming of age
Sat, Jul 17, 2010On Friday, the Irish Army commemorates the 50th anniversary of deploying troops to the Congo. They were ill-equipped, inexperienced and unprepared for the catastrophic battles they would face
- Meet the most powerful Mafiosi in Italy
Sat, Jul 17, 2010The leading members of the ’Ndrangheta crime gang who were arrested this week look more like a group of grandfathers on an outing to the local bowling club than capos in Italy’s most powerful crime syndicate
- Could the pope's visit help heal old wounds?Sat, Jul 17, 2010Despite sparking opposition, Benedict XVI's autumn tour will aim to reassure English and Welsh Catholics of their status, writes MARK HENNESSY
- Your loss is its gainSat, Jul 17, 2010 PROFILE: WEIGHTWATCHERS Started nearly 50 years ago by a carb-loving mum in Queens, New York, WeightWatchers has grown into a lucrative international franchise whose dietary advice is now endorsed by UK scientists , writes
KATE HOLMQUIST
- All good news at the global gathering for optimists
Sat, Jul 17, 2010The world’s great minds brought some positive thinking to Oxford’s TEDGlobal conference, writes RONAN McGREEVY
- Seven DaysSat, Jul 17, 2010A glance at the week that was
- Small voices that go unheard
Sat, Jul 10, 2010The Dáil is in recess for the summer, and the people who protest outside its gates can take a break too. KATHY SHERIDAN meets some of those who turn up at Leinster House almost every day, trying in vain to make themselves heard
- In Haiti, the aftershocks rumble on
Sat, Jul 10, 2010Six months after the huge earthquake – with moutains of rubble remaining, over a million still homeless and conditions in the camps deplorable – progress is being stalled by glacially slow decision-making, private greed and struggles to get aid through
- Stuck in a rut as they wait for asylum
Sat, Jul 10, 2010The protests at Mosney this week have highlighted the delays that follow any request for asylum in the Republic. The Government says it is being fair. Critics say the system is denying people their human rights
- The World Cup's country of two halves
Sat, Jul 10, 2010Robben Island is as good a place as any for outsiders to grapple with the contradictions of the tournament's host nation, where, as the contest draws to a close, the voices of protest will begin to ask if it was all worth it
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