Columns - Irish Examiner

Fergus Finlay

Property tax is a house of cards, we need a fair system in the long run

WE ARE all dreading it.

Tue, 12 Mar, 2013

Imagination needed to replace mobility allowance scheme fairly

I DON’T understand how Government departments can act this way and get away with it.

Tue, 05 Mar, 2013

It’s time to shine a light on other dark scandals of the nation’s past

THE Taoiseach’s apology to the women who had survived the hardship and abuse of the Magdalene laundries represented significant social progress, for which he deserves congratulations.

Tue, 26 Feb, 2013

Pope’s successor must be right choice or Church faces disaster

I WAS with a group of young people the other day when the news broke on a telly in the background. The Pope had resigned.

Tue, 19 Feb, 2013

Clive Coady touched the hearts of all who knew him. He won’t be forgotten

A LONG time ago, I used to drive a group of adults with intellectual disabilities to the Arch Club in Blackrock, on the south side of Dublin.

Tue, 12 Feb, 2013

Government may need a mandate from the people to get debt deal

IS there, do you think, any real possibility that we will have a general election over the promissory note?

Tue, 05 Feb, 2013

Ministers allocated funds exactly the way their voters would expect

SO, ANOTHER political scandal.

Tue, 29 Jan, 2013

Heroic public servants have made great sacrifices for the nation

MOST of us, I think, still have difficulty coming to terms with what happened to our economy in the crash.

Tue, 22 Jan, 2013

Sadly, abuse by the anonymous is the name of the game on Twitter

I STARTED taking Twitter seriously 579 days ago. I know that because Twitter keeps records.

Tue, 15 Jan, 2013

Budget cuts show Government has failed to learn from predecessors

I WATCHED the movie The Iron Lady on Sunday night.

Tue, 08 Jan, 2013