In what world do the paths of mysticism, anti-modernism, anti-Semitism, neo-nazism, alt-right counterculture, far-right syndicated news and high-tech meta-data collection collide? What could possibly connect these disparate, contradictory and, in most cases, …

In the management of a crisis, two things matter: people and systems. Almost everyone would agree that in Ireland the people part has been terrific. Ministers, civil servants and public health scientists are working day and night to save as many lives as poss…

Axa has become the first of the major motor insurers operating in the Republic to spell out its plans to offer a rebate to customers, putting aside about 33 for each motor policy. The Irish arm of the French insurer told The Irish Times it would set aside u…

A woman got a protection order against her adult grandson, and a man in his 80s got protection orders against his three adults sons during a busy session at the Dublin District Family Court on Monday, during which the Covid-19 lockdown was mentioned on a numb…

A sharp rise in the incidence of Covid-19 in counties near the Border is unlikely to be due to a spillover of infection from Northern Ireland, chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan has said. However, Northern Ireland public health doctor Dr Gabriel Scally on…

The focus on short-term cost reductions means the PSNI storing up problems for the future, the Northern Ireland Audit Office has warned in a new report. The office referred to how the PSNI has been operating on a significantly reduced budget in recent years.…

You would think, when it comes to choosing novels for adaptation to the big or small screen, the less perilous route for any director to take would be to select an obscure work that never came close to troubling a bestsellers list. Opting to adapt one as su…

Coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes have passed the 200-mark with the States chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan saying that there were now clusters in 211 nursing homes. This amounts to cases in almost 40 per cent of the countrys 540 nursing homes. Ad…

In her inaugural address as Irelands first female head of state, in December 1990, Mary Robinson declared that as a woman I want the women who have felt themselves outside history to be written back into history, in the words of Eavan Boland, finding a voice …

The United Nations will decide this week how to proceed with a key election for membership of the Security Council, as Ireland competes for a seat on the influential body. The UN vote had been scheduled to take place on June 17th, with Ireland competing with…

A final section of a new bridge in Genoa, built after a deadly 2018 motorway collapse, was to be slotted into place today, providing a much-needed symbol of renewal for coronavirus-hit Italy. Construction of the gleaming structure in northern Italy’s coastal…

With the doors closed on hairdressers, barbers and beauty salons across the country, the hair and beauty industry says it has not forgotten about its clients. HABIC, the newly formed Hair and Beauty Industry Confederation, has partnered with Age Action Irela…

Three-quarters of New Zealand’s economy has re-opened after a month-long lockdown, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern credited with eliminating domestic transmission of the coronavirus. Schools will reopen and gatherings of up to 10 people are allowed for e…

US President Donald Trump has held his first news briefing since he was ridiculed for suggesting disinfectant might be worth considering as a treatment for Covid-19. Speaking at the White House, he suggested he may seek damages from China over the coronaviru…