World leaders turned toadies as Trump dismantles international law and pollutes the discourse, without concerted opposition.
5 March, 2026
Daily Archives
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Six months ago Zack Polanski was a lively London Assembly member known mainly for his theatre background and a tabloid humiliation involving “hypnoboobs”.
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PEAK TRUMP
By February 2026, the idea that Donald Trump represents an endlessly renewable force of disruption moved from hard to stomach to hard to sustain.
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As the government prepares to jettison the triple lock, clear thinking could make Ireland a power for peace
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A new way of reading ‘Ulysses’ may be found, which will harmonise all its symbols and references to external reality
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In an age of limitless distractions, adulthood is now just one lifestyle option among
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Beware of Pity
Lessons for those who are too civilised for tormented times from Stefan Zweig, friend of Joyce, technology sceptic and the greatest storyteller of the last 100 years
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Recreating an entire universe: Brendan O’Byrne reviews ‘Beyond the Pale’ by Patrick Healy
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RTÉ’s signal lost
RTÉ needs security so it can do the stuff other broadcasters can’t but it should modernise including by focusing on its player, social platforms, podcasts, video, and archives; and leveraging trust
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Kevin Kiely reviews ‘The Living Skeleton: Irish Famine Poems’, edited by Pamela Mary Brown with an Introduction by Dr Kevin Kiely
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Press council of Ireland. Office of the press Ombudsman
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Journalism needs trust not algorithm-based truthiness and pervasive hallucination
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Behind the compassion, Ireland’s non-profit ts are machines to outsource responsibility for a State that relies on nonprofit t failure as much as nonprofit t success
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Overboard band
Ireland now has rural fibre but the NBP remains a monument to bad planning, political avoidance and a settlement pattern that makes every infrastructure project cost more than it should
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As a student, I’d hammered on the doors of the BBC’s Natural History Unit, insisting there was a major gap in its coverage.
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The main problem with Irish media isn’t newspaper closures it’s lack of investigation, narrow-ranged reporting, big tech, and feebleness
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Michael McDowell’s recent opinion piece in The Irish Times rehearses, with characteristic confidence, a series of amateur claims about Wood Quay that do not withstand scrutiny.
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Ireland’s housing debate is strangely insular. We compare ourselves obsessively with the UK, Vienna and the Nordics, while ignoring the most provocative counterpoint on the planet: China.
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The Jury on Trial
Juries: redundant lawyers’ bauble or the last bastion — Starmer’s Labour doesn’t seem to know
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Lucy Letby case suggests need for: legal aid for equal expert evidence for defence; code for experts; and facilitation of joint reports.
