Michael Flatley, right, and his son Michael St James carry the coffin at the funeral of Niamh Flatley (née O’Brien) in Mount Merrion, Dublin, yesterday. Michael Flatley stood at Madison Square Gardens in New York about to go on stage. There in...
If this is us when we’re rich, can you imagine if we were poor? We used to be poor, of course, and we got through it, and maybe we’ll be poor again and have to learn to live with it. But it’ll be that bit harder the next time, because we’ll have a...
The health service is bracing itself for the biggest strike the country has seen in nearly two decades, with thousands of patients set to face “consequences for months” over cancelled hospital appointments. A full day of industrial action...
Wthey wanted to do was apologise for my experience, and that it was not what they wished for any patient. I said that I had not come wielding an axe. I also said I could give them a list of what I considered horror stories that had not been...
This is a fight in which I have several dogs. Some are older and shaggier than others. But when I see RTÉ under siege from careless politicians, I feel the call to battle. It is nearly 40 years since I left the station for the BBC, but RTÉ runs...
Most people do not trust artificial intelligence (AI) companies to regulate themselves, and want governments to take on the responsibility, the latest Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll shows. The vast majority of respondents...
Former European commissioner Phil Hogan, who is trying to land the job of leading the United Nations’ food agency, has said it would be “helpful” to have EU backing for a single candidate. The former Irish minister is one of three Europeans...
RTÉ will submit an updated business case on their next round of voluntary redundancies to Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan tomorrow. A spokesperson for RTÉ told the Sunday Independent that RTÉ has agreed with the Department of Culture...
