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Blas food awards: Taste of success

Blas food awards: Taste of success

THE Blas na hÉireann food and drink awards were presented in Dingle over the weekend and many producers’ sterling efforts were honoured by their peers. 

Mon, 03 Oct, 2016

May meets Kenny

Britain to trigger Article 50: Date adds to doubts on Kenny future

HUNGARY voted yesterday on whether or not it would be bound by European Union policy on refugees.

Mon, 03 Oct, 2016

Restaurants’ pay plea leaves a sour taste

Restaurants’ pay plea leaves a sour taste

EVERY now and then an individual or an organisation says something that shows them in a poor light that, in the fullness of time, they might come to regret. 

Sat, 01 Oct, 2016

Inaction is dangerous and utterly delusional

Inaction is dangerous and utterly delusional

TOMORROW, Hungary votes on whether or not it will be bound by the European Union’s quota system for refugees. The question is simple: “Do you want the European Union to be able to mandate the obligatory resettlement of non-Hungarian citizens to Hungary even without the approval of the national assembly?

Sat, 01 Oct, 2016

Growing concern

Growing concern

THE warning from the Central Bank that we are returning to the habits and excesses that undid us — if that is dramatic enough a description — almost a decade ago, must give us pause for thought. 

Sat, 01 Oct, 2016

Cold Ireland - Ireland to deport 4,000

Cold Ireland - Ireland to deport 4,000

Ireland is expected to refuse entry to around 4,000 people this year. 

Fri, 30 Sep, 2016

Volunteers pay levy for good deeds - Compo culture

Volunteers pay levy for good deeds - Compo culture

Volunteerims supports some of the best human endeavours. That truth was celebrated earlier this week at the Tidy Towns awards and some weeks ago at the uplifting Paralympics in Brazil. 

Fri, 30 Sep, 2016

Why exacerbate victims’ agony? - Minister decries ‘shameful’ role

Why exacerbate victims’ agony? - Minister decries ‘shameful’ role

When Health Minister Simon Harris yesterday said that the treatment of women who suffer tragedies during childbirth is “quite shameful” and “completely unacceptable”, he returned to a theme raised by HSE general Tony O’Brien when he addressed an Oireachtas health committee last December.

Fri, 30 Sep, 2016

Sam Allardyce Press Conference - St George's Park

In praise of GAA amateur status - Sam Allardyce scandal

Like art, music, and literature, sport has the ability to inspire, enhance, and in many other ways exalt the lives not just of participants but also those of a more sedentary disposition who enjoy the spectacle of performers exhibiting the best of human physical achievement.

Thu, 29 Sep, 2016

Use business to make the argument - Proposed all-island Brexit talks

Use business to make the argument - Proposed all-island Brexit talks

Remember ‘Ulster Says No’? That was the slogan of a mass campaign by unionists in Northern Ireland against the 1985 Anglo Irish Agreement which, for the first time, gave the Irish government an institutional role in the governance of the North. It was led by DUP leader Ian Paisley who also opposed the Good Friday Agreement 14 years later.

Thu, 29 Sep, 2016