Prominent Irish politicians - including President Michael D Higgins and Simon Harris - have been accused of anti-Semitism ...

Critics decry Michael D Higgins speech for Holocaust Memorial Day, politicians’ stance on Gaza and the Occupied Territories ...

It is time to turbocharge all aspects of the Good Friday Agreement. The scourge of intolerance has spread from being just ...

Further chaotic scenes loom in Leinster House this week over Dáil speaking time as a new Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks ...

Acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley managed to touch the souls of people with just a few words, his funeral has heard. President Michael D Higgins was among mourners who joined Longley’s family at ...

President Michael D. Higgins has presented this year’s Presidential Distinguished Service Awards for the Irish Abroad at a ...

It was last December. Israel had just called Ireland an ‘ antisemitic country’, citing Ireland’s support for the ...

There is that line in the song by The Who: "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Well, the words apply to Micheál Martin ...

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A recurring theme is portentous declarations presenting Ireland as the most liberal, peace-loving country in the world and ...

Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin has been elected taoiseach (Irish prime minister) for the second time after chaos in the ...