SO, HOW are you doing? Did you fill in your census form on Sunday? I hope you did, because without it there are a lot of choices we won’t be able to make.

I DIDN’T go to the military parade in Dublin on Sunday. There were two reasons. First, with the best will in the world I don’t believe military parades represent anything about Ireland today.

I DON’T want to labour the point, but this is the week when we’re going to be hearing an awful lot about the anniversary of 1916.

LAST Saturday was April 1, a fact I temporarily failed to take into account.

SURPRISE. Today is International Day Against Racism and we’re in the middle of Intercultural Week. Bet you didn’t know that.

THERE are two sorts of lethal weapons causing untold havoc right now: guns and cars. And it’s time we began to see them in the same light. What that means is simple.

DEAR TAOISEACH, I hope you don’t my writing to you about this, but it’s something I really feel strongly about.

IT’S NOT often that a judge manages to say something that makes us all feel good about ourselves.

THE controversy about whether Seán Haughey was shafted or just plain peed off has been an entirely spurious one.

ALL this freedom of speech and freedom of expression stuff we've been hearing about lately. I'm up for that.