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25th October 2026 - 31st October 2026
ColumnThe Gift of the Gab
What's our national language really? Not Irish - but not 'English' English either
Last month
October 2026
ColumnSmoke and Mirrors
Lise Hand: Anonymous digs at party colleagues are sly, but dirty tricks are nothing new in politics
ColumnSouthWestEnders innit
The royal family have become Britain's biggest soap opera
Britain’s Queen Liz was the ultimate royal superstar. Now the Windsors are mired in scandal, the family is more soap opera than monarchy.
ColumnDig Your Heels In
Lise Hand: I'm mourning the era of high heels (but I don't think I'd go back all the same)
Gone are the days when heels were an absolute necessity for days in the office and nights on the town.
Must ReadDáil Sketch
Where's the protest gone? No rows, no riots, and not even a 'hup ya boy ya'
Jack GPT or Torture Chambers? The public expenditure minister did get a few new nicknames out of the day.
This year
2026
ColumnPatrick Kavanagh
Lise Hand: Hilda Moriarty inspired ‘Raglan Road’, so why isn't she remembered?
Patrick Kavanagh immortalised his raven-haired muse in verse, but Moriarty went on to have a remarkable life of her own. So where is her statue, and those of women like her?
Columnu2 50
Lise Hand: Swear to God, I saw U2 play in the Dandelion Market too
The band, who celebrate 50 years in the business this week, went from playing small Irish venues to stadiums around the world in the space of a few short years.
Columnoprah comes to dublin
Lise Hand: In praise of Oprah and all wise women – we need them now more than ever
Columnage of streaming
Lise Hand: 9/11 was televised. I was in New York that day. I’m glad I didn’t have a phone
Columnno brave new world
Lise Hand: AI companies destroying books to feed the machines? What fresh hell...
Columnsimpler times
Silly season once meant moving statues and killer clowns. Now it's conspiracy theories
ColumnOpinion
Lise Hand: Our passport shouldn’t be relegated to being a handy life hack to skip airport queues
All time
golfgate
'Here we are again. A global crisis rages and a government clown car is ablaze with a conflagration of its own making'
ge2020
Lise Hand: A leadership race in the midst of the Covid-19 outbreak? Labour can't catch a break
ge2020
Lise Hand: Mary Lou was borne aloft in a tricolour-draped golden palanquin carved from the bones of fallen Elites
Opinion
Lise Hand: After a long day, the prospect of an 'accidental' Green Taoiseach gave us 15 seconds of comedic drama
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