13 h. ago Justine McCarthy: Anyone with a shred of humanity would feel sorry for the parents of Paddy Jackson

By making unfounded allegations about a rape case, Danielle Meagher has given ammunition to those who want to believe the fallacy that women are in the habit of lying about rape

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7 d. ago Justine McCarthy: Catherine Connolly can criticise the EU and still become president

With a new generation of voters coming of age, neutrality could be a decisive factor

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7 d. ago Justine McCarthy: If Catherine Connolly is an enemy of the EU, then Michael D Higgins is too

With a new generation of voters coming of age, neutrality could be a decisive factor

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1 week ago Father of Paddy Jackson awarded £100,000 in libel damages case

TV personality Danielle Meagher made claims rugby star’s parent attempted to pay off rape trial complainant

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2 w. ago Justine McCarthy: This presidential election could be about to get even weirder

Jim Gavin debacle has put Micheál Martin’s leadership back in the spotlight. And all this might yet play out in a very strange way

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2 w. ago Paddy Jackson’s father ‘crushed’ by false claim he tried to pay off rape trial complainant, court hears

Peter Jackson, father of rugby international, suffered stroke over allegations, court hears

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3 w. ago Justine McCarthy: Netanyahu and Trump have a lot in common but only one of them is an evil genius

Israeli prime minister has duped the vainglorious Trump into thinking his ‘eternal peace’ document is not what it actually is – a licence to continue the genocide

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