IRISH EXAMINER VIEW
Culture of greed: Banks may be a mirror of society
ONCE upon a time, the parish priest, the bank manager, and the headmaster were numbered the most influential figures in a community.
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Fats Domino: Culture shaper
WHEN Michael Jackson died, on June 25, 2009 — already slipping into the mists of time — and when Prince died on April 21, 2016, the unexpected loss of two great musicians was all the more biting because they both died prematurely.
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JFK assassination files released: Conspiring to distract from truth?
THERE is a scene in the 2007 low-brow, crooks-spooks-and-assassins film Shooter when Levon Helm, a decent actor but a great musician, assures lead actor Mark Wahlberg that the 1963 Kennedy assassination was a conspiracy involving a platoon of assassins.
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Seventh delay in planning a farce - Incinerator ‘indecision is final’
AN Bord Pleanála is rarely given to hyperbole, but remarks by its spokesperson, in the wake of yet another deferment of a decision on an incinerator in the Cork harbour area, is straight out of the Donald Trump book of quotable quotes.
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Consecutive jail terms for sex offences - Tom Humphries sentencing
THE two-and-a-half-year sentence imposed on Tom Humphries has drawn widespread criticism, some of it hysterical but most of it measured and appropriate, with many commentators attacking not just its leniency but comments made by the judge during sentencing.
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The 10th presidency: Candidates should show their hand
ANY appraisal of how the office of President has fared under recent incumbents — and President Higgins too — must come to a positive, warming conclusion.
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EPA wastewater report: A needless stain on our character
THE Environmental Protection Agency yesterday published a third damning report in a matter of weeks on abused water resources.
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Realistic fines: Protecting consumers
THE tracker mortgage swizz is one example of how vulnerable people are in a society where consumers’ interests are set aside to allow businesses prevail.
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A lost cause? - Chinese doping admission
Some sports, or some expressions of values within some sports, can still move, inspire, or challenge.
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Replace trees immediately - Sustainable urban living
HUMANITY passed a milestone in recent decades. For the first time, more of us live in cities than in rural settings.
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This guy’s Stranger Things Halloween costume is sublime
See the beautiful golden snitch ring created by a Harry Potter fan
Donald Trump accidentally wished happy birthday to a guy who appears to be anti-Trump on Twitter
5 grown-up wellbeing tricks to treat yourself with this Halloween
An artist in Italy has mown Kim Jong Un’s face into a 20,000 square metre field
See Rome’s Trevi Fountain dyed red by an anti-corruption activist
Michael Clifford: It looks like a cover-up, walks like a cover-up, and smells like a cover-up...
Sterling decline is bad for Ireland; a 'no deal' Brexit even worse 
Girl, 12, goes to High Court to sue for right to compete in Irish dancing world championship qualifier
To sympathise with the groomer is to fall prey
Irish dancing body to consider exemption for 12-yr-old girl to compete in world championship qualifier
Ballyragget GAA club to co-operate fully with investigation into lewd photo scandal
The need for a culture change in Cork
Kevin O’Donovan: I’m offering alternative to Cork status quo
Jackie Lavin settles High Court action against her partner Bill Cullen
'Everything special has been completely desecrated': Locals shocked as church vandalised
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Toddler sues after falling from hotel balcony
Child protection system ‘not ready’ for mandatory reporting of abuse concerns- WORLD
David Rawle takes on role as killer Brendan O’Donnell, a world away from Moone Boy- BUSINESS
EU to probe tax break by Britain for multinationals
OPINION: Bankers abused our trust- SPORT
Simon Zebo move to Racing is not a done deal...
"The quality in Meath is just not there at the moment."- LIFESTYLE
'Jazz doesn’t exist': New Orleans trumpeter Nicholas Payton happy to mix it up
Kathy Griffin - Catch her while you can