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Alan Shatter vindicated: Ruling another blow for Enda Kenny

YESTERDAY’S Court of Appeal victory for Alan Shatter in his challenge to the findings of the 2014 Guerin Report is vindication for a man, who, as his ministerial career came to a premature end, must have wondered what he had done to be so isolated and abandoned by the party he had served for his entire political life. 

Fri, 11 Nov, 2016

The world turned upside down

Legend has it that the English ballad ‘The World Turned Upside Down’ was the tune played by the British military band when Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781 during the American War of Independence.

Thu, 10 Nov, 2016

Anglo-Irish relations: Show of unity

Remarks made by the British prime minister Theresa May that she wants to strengthen and deepen bonds between Ireland and the United Kingdom as her country prepares to leave the European Union are particularly welcome in the wake of the result of the US presidential election.

Thu, 10 Nov, 2016

Ownership of Irish Water: Support bill to save water for everyone

THE 1916 centenary celebrations allowed us express pride in what has been achieved in this small Republic. 

Wed, 09 Nov, 2016

Controlling our appetites: Does biology defeat reason?

LIFE is full of mystery, some interesting, some just quirky.

Wed, 09 Nov, 2016

The power of human contact: Shed your fears

THE closest most men get to a contemplative life in a monastery, one bolstered by a vow of silence, is a visit to that relatively recent innovation — the men’s shed.

Wed, 09 Nov, 2016

America goes to the polls: Let’s not face such very poor choices

DESPITE narrowing but still fluctuating margins, FBI leaks on incomplete investigations into Hillary Clinton’s unwise, possibly illegal, email policy while she was Barack Obama’s secretary of state and a 24/7 conveyor belt of scandal and relentless greed; despite Donald Trump’s racism, boorishness, ignorance, misogyny, contempt for truth and his country’s constitution, today America must choose one of those insecure, frightened people to be their president for the rest of this decade and beyond.

Tue, 08 Nov, 2016