Politics Sensationalist reporting of the Irish crisis helps no one Images of down-and-outs are again synonymous with Irishness – but this does not represent the situat By Stephanie Hegarty
Energy and Climate Change The mood darkens as civil society is shut out of COP15 By Stephanie Hegarty
Copenhagen: the crackdown Most of those arrested in Copenhagen were entirely innocent By Stephanie Hegarty
On the march in Copenhagen The atmosphere on the streets was the antithesis of the gloom inside the centre By Stephanie Hegarty
Don’t believe the hype A new barter scheme tries to short-circuit the distortion of aesthetic value By Stephanie Hegarty
US appoints investigator into CIA abuse Special investigator appointed as a new report revealing 'inhumane' treatment of terror suspects is By Stephanie Hegarty