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Fergus Finlay

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

Selling off state assets would be the height of national folly

HE’S a cute fellow, that Colm McCarthy.

Tue, 26 Apr, 2011

Still a champion of people with intellectual disabilities after 50 years

INCLUSION Ireland is 50 years old this year.

Tue, 19 Apr, 2011

Religious orders must keep their moral and financial commitments

ISN’T that some legacy the government inherited?

Tue, 12 Apr, 2011

We need to invest in improving children’s lives, not monster prisons

IT’S clear already, isn’t it, that it’s going to take quite a while to change the big things.

Tue, 05 Apr, 2011

Yellow-pack pay means we’ll have to settle for a yellow-pack public service

IT seems there is a problem with public service pay.

Tue, 29 Mar, 2011

Until we change the Constitution, we are failing to protect our children

DID the Archbishop of Dublin throw down the gauntlet to the Government last week?

Tue, 22 Mar, 2011

If anyone can reform our social welfare system, Joan Burton can

DEAR Joan

Tue, 15 Mar, 2011

Mix respect, teamwork and hope to deliver a coalition recipe for success

ONE word in particular kept popping into my head at the Labour Party Conference on Sunday afternoon.

Tue, 08 Mar, 2011