Columns - Irish Examiner

Fergus Finlay

It will take a lot longer than 100 days to fix the mess we’re in

SO, 100 days in, how is the new government doing?

Tue, 14 Jun, 2011

Our citizens are not charity cases - they have a right to care services

I’M still seething, nearly a week later.

Tue, 07 Jun, 2011

We can’t allow the working poor to be the first casualties of reform

THIS media fuss about “trouble in the government” over Joint Labour Committees is daft.

Tue, 31 May, 2011

There’s nothing we can’t do if we do it together — and that’s no cliché

A RANGE of experiences this past weekend began to make me wonder if there is something different going on in Ireland.

Tue, 24 May, 2011

Promise of the Proclamation can help us to right wrongs of our lost decade

ON SUNDAY I was at a ceremony in Arbour Hill commemorating James Connolly, a man who believed with all his heart that a free country had to exist for a free people. It was a moving ceremony, with a fine speech by Eamon Gilmore.

Tue, 17 May, 2011

We look forward to seeing you Ma’am, we need some cheering up

YOUR Majesty, Before I get on to saying that you’re welcome, I should probably admit that I did a bit of research into the proper mode of address for an open letter to the British queen.

Tue, 10 May, 2011

Yes, we should celebrate the death of Osama Bin Laden

I REMEMBER travelling through Northern Ireland, indeed passing through the town of Omagh, on the national day of mourning held in Ireland in the wake of 9/11.

Tue, 03 May, 2011