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OPINION: Let's be honest, you'd have all taken Tubridy's money and Marty's car!

There’s an uncomfortable truth to the RTÉ pay scandal. Ryan Tubridy, the voice and face of a nation, we’ve since found out was paid more than what RTÉ said he was paid from 2017 to 2019 in public declarations by the national broadcaster. The pay ...

14 Jul 2023 at 10:16

National News

OPINION: Pointing fingers at an individual in power is what we do very well

THE OPINION article that Willie O’Dea had published in the Sunday Independent criticising Justice Minister Helen McEntee is one that suggests finger pointing. Whatever does a ‘woke gallery’ mean, anyway? I’m not sure Willie would even know, and ...

17 Jul 2023 at 16:00

National News

OPINION: Interested in X? Meet the 52-year-old man obsessed with naming everything with this letter

Personalised social media was all the rage in the early days of the internet. A whole generation of teenagers taught themselves HTML and CSS coding so they could redesign and customise profiles on popular social media sites like MySpace, ...

24 Jul 2023 at 16:53

National News

OPINION: Libraries are safe places, they should be protected

“THE realm of literature is now being targeted,” an author recently told me over coffee. At the time, I didn’t realise how far it could go - far being a key word here. This summer, protests have been taking place at bookshops, libraries ...

03 Aug 2023 at 10:50

Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein inches further ahead of other parties in opinion poll

Sinn Fein has further increased its support, according to a new opinion poll. The survey, carried out by Ireland Thinks for the Sunday Independent, indicates that support for Sinn Fein is at 34%, up three percentage points on the July ...

05 Aug 2023 at 18:44

National News

Opinion: Ireland isn't 'full', but the far-right is full of hypocrites

At a whooping 70 million, Ireland has one of the largest diaspora of any nation in the world, and every family still here has loved ones abroad: children, siblings, cousins. People have emigrated from Ireland to escape poverty, ...

05 Jan 2024 at 17:54

National News

National: 'Why should I be forced?': Student sparks debate saying Irish shouldn't be mandatory in schools

A student has sparked debate online after he gave his comments about whether or not Irish should be compulsory in schools. Speaking as an audience member on this Monday's Upfront with Katie Hannon on RTÉ, a UCD student had his ...

09 Jan 2024 at 14:14

National News

OPINION: The Deposit Return Scheme has failed but here's how the Govt can save it

We usually start small-talk conversations with the weather in Ireland; it's too warm, too cold, going to change, not going to change, Status Yellow, Status Orange, blah, blah, blah. There's very rarely a conversation had in ...

07 May 2024 at 17:13

National News

OPINION: 'Is it a UFO? Is it the rapture? No, it's Irish drivers with ultra-bright LED headlights'

I don't make a habit of looking directly at the sun. We've all done it - probably out of curiosity after being told not to as a child, or accidentally on a particularly bright day - but it's rarely a pleasant experience. ...

28 Dec 2023 at 17:44

Arts & Entertainment

OPINION: The show must go on, as two Johnnies drop to one!

“WHAT IS a 2 Johnnies gig without a few broken hurleys?”, if by hurleys you mean bones, then nothing! Johnny ‘Smacks’ McMahon fractured a finger on his right hand while on stage at the duo's live podcast gig in Dublin’s ...

18 Dec 2023 at 15:00

National News

OPINION: Potato shortages, flooded fields and no fodder - will someone please think of the farmers!

They're not the words that any Irish person wants to hear - but we may be looking at a shortage of potatoes in the near future. According to farmers, a major potato shortage is looming this autumn, which can entirely ...

12 Apr 2024 at 12:49

National News

OPINION: Public platforms help men reveal their true emotions

MORE often than not, men feel much more comfortable expressing their emotions nowadays. The stigma surrounding men's emotions has lessened over the years and this is down, in a large part, to social acceptance which ...

19 Jul 2023 at 15:36

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