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"The New York Times reported that Trump has claimed $315 million (€270 million) in losses since 2000 on his golf courses"

'I'm really rich': Donald Trump's tax and business losses

US Election 2020 • 28 Oct

Former US vice-president Joe Biden speaking in Mexico City in February 2016 after a meeting with then Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto. Photo: Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Will Joe Biden 'speak softly' or 'carry a big stick'?

United States • 23 Oct

The fight over "socialized medicine" began long before Donald Trump and Joe Biden squared up.

How Operation Coffee Cup undermined US universal healthcare

US Election 2020 • 20 Oct

Irish hockey players celebrate a win in the 2018 Hockey World Cup quarter-final. Photo: Craig Mercer/Sportsfile

More women, less coverage: a question of sports and the media

Sport • 19 Oct

Research has found that voter fraud in the United States is "very rare", but Donald Trump thinks otherwise

Who monitors the US presidential election?

Elections • 15 Oct

Armenian soliders and supporters gathering before setting off for Nagorno-Karabakh as tensions rise between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region. Photo: Malik Baghdasaryan/EPA/EFE

What's next in Europe's new war between Armenia and Azerbaijan?

International • 14 Oct

Members of the Irish Army's Ranger Wing take part in an exercise. Photo: Óglaigh na hÉireann via Flickr

Why it's time for tough thinking on Ireland's national security

Ireland • 12 Oct

Charles Haughey's 1982 government lost power after just 8 months in office

A short history of Ireland's GUBU government

History • 05 Oct

US president Donald Trump checks into the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for Covid-19 treatment

How the United States lost the plot over Covid-19

United States • 05 Oct

"Votes obviously matter when it comes to determining who wins a presidential election contest, but where you win those votes is also important"

The 10 swing states that will decide the US presidential election

US election 2020 • 04 Sep

If those walls could talk...

A short history of unparliamentary behaviour in Dáil Eireann

History • 02 Sep

Donald Trump: "it's likely there will be more claims of religious liberty under threat and more merging of religion with issues such as gun control, abortion and economic policy."

Why does Donald Trump still appeal to so many evangelicals?

US election 2020 • 26 Aug

'Clearly, Ireland needs a national strategy to allow us to get ahead of the virus: we need a Zero COVID or virus elimination approach'

What can Ireland do to achieve zero Covid-19?

Public Health • 25 Aug

Ireland's EU Commissioner Phil Hogan who attended the Oireachtas Golf Society dinner (and won a George Foreman grill on the night)

Golfgate: why some people in power believe they are above the law

Psychology • 24 Aug

People march in the streets of Reykjavik in March 2010 demanding that government do more to improve conditions in Iceland. Photo: Halldor Kolbeins/AFP via Getty Images

How do you create a new constitution for a country?

Iceland • 31 Jul

'People with disabilities, their families and service providers always appear to have to beg from the crumbs that are left on the table'

How cuts harm services for people with intellectual disabilities

Health • 30 Jul

'He was somebody who MI5 suggested was quite deranged, but could be very effective in terms of how he could ignite an audience, which is very much a part of the fascist campaigning at that time'

How William Joyce became Nazi propagandist Lord Haw-Haw

History • 31 Jul

Made to measure: British prime minister Boris Johnson in a Marks & Spencer store in London in June

How the UK made a mess of responding and reacting to the pandemic

Politics • 22 Jul

When two tribes go to war: US president Donald Trump with Chinese president Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Osaka in June 2019. Photo: Getty Images

Are China and the US on the brink of a Cold War?

Politics • 17 Jul

Kilmainham Gaol, one of 750 National Monuments under the care of the Office of Public Works

What's the government's problem with heritage?

Heritage • 17 Jul

Has new Taoiseach Micheál Martin picked the strongest group for the challenges ahead?

Will the new government turn out to be good team players?

Work & careers • 14 Jul

British politician Nigel Farage heads for the dry cleaners after having a milkshake thrown over him in Newcastle Upon Tyne during the 2019 European election campaign. Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Eggs, pies and milkshakes: when food makes a political point

Protests • 16 Jul

"Just 22 women have held senior ministerial office in Ireland prior to last week's appointments. They could all fit in a minibus"

Why do so few Irish women get jobs as government ministers?

Politics • 08 Jul

Eamon Ryan: "banning things we don't do doesn't make us a leader in climate action. Being better at the things we are bad at does"

Here's what should be on Eamon Ryan's ministerial to-do list

Politics • 08 Jul

The new cabinet pose for a socially distant snap: "government at any time is at the mercy of events"

It's not easy being green: 5 problems for the new government

Politics • 01 Jul

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