The new Human Rights and Equality Commission is underfunded, underpowered and inadequately independent – Rachel Mullen 

Pat Kenny’s ‘Prime Time’ item on Travellers was controversialist, leading, partial, negative and offensive, and could be perceived to have racist undertones – Martin Collins 

Direct Democracy benefited from voter ignorance in Meath East – Frank Connolly 

Investigative journalism in the North is ill-served on-air and in print – Anton McCabe 

Broad inequality in Ireland is static and around the EU average – Sinéad Pentony 

Six-point plan, co-ordinated activism and now a mortgage strike – Trevor Murtagh 

UniCredit breached liquidity requirements in 2007.  Matthew Elderfield nods.  The interconnectedness of banking dysfunctionality. Michael Smith There is a general official view that Ireland’s ethical delinquencies are in the past. …

Posterity will remember our Irish generation, for excess only – Ian Lumley 

We should do things now which put us in the best position to do more later 

Loyalists, who have gained little from the peace process, need to relate more through respect, dialogue and culture – Patricia McCarthy and Mick Rafferty 

Ireland considers submitting to worldwide frack-up – Éibhir Mulqueen 

From a media perspective, Dr James Reilly is certainly the bonus that keeps on giving. The latest controversy over his preference for hospital extensions in Wexford and Kilkenny following representations…

The latest flight of the earls was led in recent years by Cork developer John Fleming who took refuge in bankruptcy in England in order to avoid the clutches of…

Online Anonymity is irrelevant: the only currency is truth – Sheila Armstrong 

Conditions in Irish prisons are worse than T.K. Whitaker reported 27 years ago. Prison Inspector, Judge Michael Reilly, seems satisfied with inferior standards – Kevin Warner 

Whistleblower: An occasional column from our man around the IFSC, Jonathan Sugarman 

The practical effect of the Children’s Referendum depends on the legislature and judiciary – Ursula Kilkelly 

Shell’s Corrib gas and Shannon LNG prices will rise if Shannon LNG wins court case over being forced to pay for the gas interconnector which it won’t use – Valerie…

Despite being a relatively mundane product, cement has created some of the richest corporations in the world, not least Ireland’s CRH plc – Séamus Maye 

Michael Smith