THE prospect of Cork having a direct air link to the United States seems to be diminishing by the day. 

FOR more than 200 years, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, has been the centre of training of seminarians for the priesthood.

IT IS almost certain that the only candidate for the US presidency who can now beat Hillary Clinton is — Hillary Clinton.

FOR most of us, the most tangible benefit of the euro is its convenience and the fact that it means we don’t have to go to the bother of going to the bank to exchange currency when travelling in another eurozone country.

THERE is nothing particularly new about Ireland’s reputation as a hard-drinking nation. Except, perhaps, for one thing: we did not deserve that reputation until recently.

OLDER boxing fans may recall Barry McGuigan’s glory days and how he would always show gratitude to his manager Barney Eastwood by publicly declaring: “Thank you very much, Mr Eastwood.”