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Qatar 2022: the rocky road to Doha
After a 12 year lead-in time dogged by corruption scandal, human rights abuses and subversion of the football calendar, World Cup 2022 is finally abo…
3 years, 10 months ago
"She spoke truth to power" - remembering Vicky Phelan
Yesterday we learned of the death of Vicky Phelan, the outspoken campaigner whose own mishandled case led to reform of the cervical cancer detection …
3 years, 10 months ago
Revealed: Christy Kinahan's Zimbabwe connection
In contrast with his son Daniel Kinahan, little has been known about the activities of Christy Kinahan snr, the founder of the Kinahan drug cartel.
I…
3 years, 10 months ago
Is Féidir Linn! Barack Obama’s speech writer takes us behind the scenes of his presidency
In his new book Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America, speech writer Cody Keenan gives readers an intimate portrayal of life …
3 years, 10 months ago
Trouble in the tech sector: what will it mean for Ireland?
For years, the tech sector has been Ireland’s golden goose. Multi-national companies like Facebook and Google are worth billions of euro to the Irish…
3 years, 10 months ago
Cancelled: Is there any way back for Kanye West?
Kanye West has arguably suffered one of the most spectacular downfalls in contemporary culture. Brands like Adidas, Balenciaga and JP Morgan have sev…
3 years, 10 months ago
Elon Musk and Twitter: Can this end well?
Having bought Twitter, Elon Musk is moving rapidly to change the troubled social media platform, both for its hundreds of millions of users and for i…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Black Axe gang: a new frontier in Irish crime
Originating in west Africa the Black Axe gang has quickly become one of the most successful groups in Irish organised crime. In the Republic, the gan…
3 years, 10 months ago
The history of Ireland’s old fashioned licensing laws
Have you ever wondered why pubs and nightclubs in Ireland have a very strict closing time, whereas the rest of Europe has a more relaxed approach to …
3 years, 10 months ago
Face to face with a killer: Tibnin Bridge, part three
The families of Corporal Morrow, Private Burke and Private Murphy watch on as Ireland's best criminal defence barrister tries to get Michael McAleavy…
3 years, 10 months ago