Nearly €4 out of every €5 spent on education goes on pay and pension, writes Gerard Howlin

APRIL FOOL’S and Spy Wednesday fall together today, as bedfellows. Last night, the Taoiseach outlined the Ireland 2016 centenary programme in the riding school in Dublin’s Collins Barracks.

WE HAVE two constitutional referenda to decide on May 22 and I’ll be voting yes and no says Gerard Howlin

A BOY scout once, I would have been on Church Parade yesterday. 

James Molyneaux stood out as old school even in the heart of the establishment, writes Gerard Howlin

OUR ideology crumples when confronted with vested interest. 

ASH WEDNESDAY was the day when foreheads were marked with ash and the words ‘Memento, homo, quia pulvis es’ were said (or, in English, ‘Remember, man, that thou art dust’). 

THE DECISION by Aer Lingus to recommend acceptance of the latest offer for the company from International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of British Airways, puts the Government on the spot. Either it or Ryanair can effectively block the sale.

Unrequited love is our theme today. My heart went out to Joan Burton yesterday morning. I hope you had the sensitivity to feel the same. 

The tone, as well as the content of much of what passes for discussion on Israel, is too often a feral legitimisation of anti-Semitism, writes Gerard Howlin