THE army deafness claims fiasco was one of those relatively minor but revealing warts-and-all scandals to befall this society. It did huge and lasting damage to the army. It cost €288.7m of which €100.2m went on legal costs. 

BESIEGED Ryanair has had to offer pilots up to €12,000 to forego some of their holidays.

IN an era where a well-honed sense of victimhood is not uncommon how refreshing, how uplifting it is to hear someone describe what most of us would regard as one of life’s challenges as something far more positive, more empowering.

IN a little over a week the old, divisive force at the root of so much European catastrophe will march again.

ANY poll held to judge how US President Donald Trump is regarded must have a very short shelf life — consistency has hardly established itself as a watchword of his presidency. 

IBRAHIM Halawa is an Irish citizen who has spent four years in an Egyptian jail, though he was not convicted of anything.

FIVE years ago, Cork University Press published The Atlas of the Great Irish Famine. That the book was named the best Irish book published in 2012 gave only a hint of how comprehensive it is and how influential it was to become in our appreciation of that awful time.

RYANAIR has a robust culture around customer service. It is a badge of honour for the no-frills carrier that it aggressively discouraged all but the most serious complaints.

THERE aren’t too many phrases in today’s lexicon that seem as vulnerable to revision as “the best thing since the sliced pan”. 

IF, as expected, the Government approves the establishment of a new, independently operated terminal at Dublin Airport, the project would create a great number of enviable jobs and generate significant revenues for the exchequer.