Article Category: Pillars of Society

PROFILE: VOGUE WILLIAMS

February 20, 2025

WITH HER autobiography, Big Mouth, due out in May and a live show in Vicar Street scheduled for the same month, Vogue Williams’s... Read more »

PROFILE: JIM O’CALLAGHAN

February 6, 2025

AMONG THE winners and losers of the general election it’s clear that Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin bested Fine Gael’s Simon Harris. But within... Read more »

PROFILE: MICHAEL LOWRY

January 23, 2025

DESCRIPTIONS OF Michael Lowry as ‘kingmaker’ in government formation talks have been rejected by Micheál Martin and Simon Harris, who argue that the... Read more »

PROFILE: OLIVER SEARS

January 9, 2025

DESPITE IRISH people’s revulsion at Israel’s continued slaughter of Palestinian children and other civilians in Gaza, the ‘paper of reference’, the Irish Times,... Read more »

PROFILE: CIAN O’CALLAGHAN

December 12, 2024

BEHIND EVERY great leader, there’s a deputy leader and Social Democrats head Holly Cairns was temporarily replaced by her deputy, Cian O’Callaghan, for... Read more »

PROFILE: MICHEÁL MARTIN

November 28, 2024

YOU HAVE to hand it to Micheál Martin – or to chance – he has presided over the continued, resilient existence of Fianna... Read more »

PROFILE: MARY LOU MCDONALD

October 31, 2024

IN MAY 2023 Goldhawk asked whether Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald could face down a hostile media and maintain SF’s unity and... Read more »

PROFILE: PHIL HOGAN

October 17, 2024

HE’S BACK. The most driven politician in Ireland – former EU commissioner Phil Hogan – has returned from Brussels to a crucial, albeit... Read more »