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Ernest Walker
Irish presidential candidate Catherine Connolly in Rathfarnham Castle Park during her campaign. Picture date: Thursday October 9, 2025.
Features / 21 October 2025
21 October 2025

The polling is looking good for the left’s choice, writes ERNEST WALKER, but there are farcical electoral oddities that are throwing up dangers to the campaign

(left to right) Former police ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Features / 12 April 2024
12 April 2024
Even as Operation Kenova unveils unsettling truths, questions still remain over the role of British state actors in atrocities during the troubles in Northern Ireland — a new and deeper inquiry is needed, writes ERNEST WALKER