TWO news stories from recent days eloquently reveal the madness of a world order that we have come to accept as normal, as “the way things are”.
Ger McCarthy
Roberto Mancini: A+
The Manchester City manager is top of the class for guiding his side to their first Premier League title in 44 years and for his expert handling of combustible characters Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli.
Gardaí in Longford have arrested three men after a Garda patrol car and two private vehicles were rammed on the N4 this evening.
A litany of government departments and State agencies are expected to be heavily criticised for wasting huge sums of public money in a report to be published by an Oireachtas committee today.
Gardaí in Longford have arrested three men after a Garda patrol car and two private vehicles were rammed on the N4 this evening.
Family and friends of an off-duty garda who died as he helped motorists made an emotional return to the scene today as a bridge was named in his honour.
Convicted war criminal and former Liberian president Charles Taylor said during his sentencing hearing that he sympathises with victims of the civil war in Sierra Leone he helped foment, and asked judges to render their sentence against him in a spirit of “reconciliation, not retribution”.
In his first interview in nearly half a year, Syrian president Bashar Assad claimed his regime has captured foreign mercenaries who were fighting for the opposition in a bid to show his forces are fighting terrorists rather than pro-democracy activists.
Rangers have lost their appeal against a £160,000 fine and 12-month transfer embargo.
Ciaran McManus will not be coming out of inter-county retirement to line out for the Offaly footballers this summer, according to new manager Tom Coffey.
Nearly 3,000 jobs are to be axed in the UK after the administrators of Clinton Cards announced plans to close 350 stores today.
Annoyed with the pressure to look good 24/7, two female friends went ‘au naturel’ for 60 days, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler
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