Columns - Irish Examiner

Fergus Finlay

If we want a decent life, we’ll have to live up to the legacy of Larkin

NINETY years ago this morning, about 200 tram drivers in Dublin stopped work. They abandoned their trams in a demand for union recognition.

Tue, 26 Aug, 2003

FF silence the voice of authority by pandering to vested interests

JANUS was a powerful god. He was almost as important as Jupiter, the king of all the Roman gods.

Tue, 19 Aug, 2003

Tawdry deal tarnished a couple’s wedding — and a nation’s leader

Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — And Wilderness is Paradise enow.

Tue, 12 Aug, 2003

Alice should be careful what she says in the odd world of Bertieland

ALICE had been invited to play croquet with the Duchess. The King and Queen of Hearts would be coming and Alice was so looking forward to it.

Tue, 05 Aug, 2003

Surviving the media can be a tougher job than surviving a war

A TALE of two leaders this week? Or, at least, a tale of what we might think of them.

Tue, 29 Jul, 2003

We’re being led by people who think they know their onions

We’ve had two examples this week and they illustrate the point beautifully.

Tue, 22 Jul, 2003

We have nothing to fear and everything to gain from equality

TODAY, the DLCG meets the Taoiseach. Why is it so important a meeting and what is it about?

Tue, 15 Jul, 2003

Let’s stop booing Bertie, but make him put his house in order instead

THOUGH it’s not my main business of the week, I want to start by saying that the booing of Bertie Ahern should stop.

Tue, 08 Jul, 2003

Thanks for your kindness to us, but fear for your right to speak out

FIRST of all, I hope you won’t mind if I use this space to say thank you to the literally hundreds of people who wrote, telephoned and e-mailed my missus and me after the piece we wrote in the Irish Examiner last week.

Tue, 01 Jul, 2003

Denying human rights is not the way to foster the can-do spirit

I WANT to suggest a compromise between what seems like two entrenched positions.

Tue, 24 Jun, 2003