john mcmanus

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John McManus: Do we need more judges to speed up the justice system or is the problem too many lawyers? irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/0…

Opinion: Web Summit case: Paddy Cosgrave was Steve Jobs. Daire Hickey and David Kelly were Steve Wozniak irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0… via @IrishTimesOpEd

The frontline is now barely 20km away, deadly Russian bombings occur almost daily, and air raid alerts can last for 15+ hours. Kharkiv's people are mentally and physically tired, but say work, friendships and determination to win the war keep them going. irishtimes.com/world/europe/2…

Opinion: The Irish Times view on the bicentenary of the RNLI: a record of service and quiet bravery irishtimes.com/opinion/editor… via @IrishTimesOpEd

“ British government’s policy that it will “neither confirm nor deny” (NCND) the activities of its intelligence services as a significant obstacle to accountability.”

Why the Public Accounts Committee is so anxious that the Government auditor take over responsibility for RTE…more publicity for its members

“Just when it looks like the Conservative Party cannot debase British politics any further, they prove us wrong.”

“It’s futile to go on about the laws of champerty and whether Musk or X can fund litigation taken here. Or about the checks and balances in the Irish political system and how they should prevent overreach…Musk and the Irish right aren’t really listening”

“It is a little disingenuous to single out suburban driveways as a culprit for a problem that has been decades in the making.”

“The reasons behind the recent violence are multifaceted, but the number of cars in the north inner city had nothing to do with it.”

New ICIJ investigation onto offshore finance breaking on Irishtimes.com at 16.00 Irish Time. #CyprusConfidential

Richardson was honoured by the British government for her services to academia and philanthropy – not for her role in an empire that has not existed anywhere other than the imaginations of deluded Brexiteers for half a century or more.

Individual politicians hate being personally associated with such decisions, even if they might privately support them. One of the ways they do this is to wheel out legal advice from the Attorney General to provide some political cover.

Is €25 million a year too much to pay to establish that former taoiseach Charles Haughey was on the take?

John McManus: The Data Protection Commission is independent, but can any organisation operate completely in a vacuum, unaware of national priorities? irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/0…

There is a great deal of enlightened self-interest on the part of the British

This happened. The attacks on our journalists are contemptible. They have our full support, and we will not be deterred from covering this important story. irishtimes.com/ireland/social…

This week's online column...It’s official – the rich are getting richer irishtimes.com/your-money/202…

Very, very proud of this team @CualaCLG U16Bs who finished their juvenile football career with a win. Onwards to minor.

The women’s soccer team knew what they were doing: it’s just that what they’re doing means something different now