Neil Kinnock, the former leader of the British Labour Party, is one of the most interesting politicians of my lifetime.

Speaking at the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner last April, Donald Trump praised a fictional cannibal serial killer as a “very important force” in his presidential re-election campaign:“They used to go crazy when I talked about. . .

Al Jazeera is an independent television channel based in Qatar but has an international reach. It was set up to draw attention to the Arab speaking world and extended its reach by introducing an English language version in more recent times.

The thermometer outside my kitchen window read 28 degrees Celsius yesterday afternoon - a figure so preposterously alien to the natural order of things in County Mayo that I was compelled to rap the glass smartly with my knuckles, convinced the ...

I’ve often wondered why I’ve been so uncomfortable with the physical force element in Irish history.

You hear a lot about how hard it is to 'make it' in Los Angeles.

Over the summer I read Original Sin, a book about Joe Biden’s decline and his decision to run again for US President. We all know how that worked out, but the details in the book make for a grim - if very interesting - story.

“Where are you from?” For many people, that is a very easy question to answer. For me, I am one of those whom such a question always gives pause for thought.

The professional classes have always been rather good at inventing reasons to feel superior.

When Kevin Flatley, a married man with a family, and a Garda with 26 years of dedicated service to the people of Ireland, lost his life in carrying out a speed-check in Dublin in May, the news was greeted with universal sadness.