ISN’T it amazing that whenever the Government announces a jobs’ initiative the total number of jobs that will be created is always some lovely, long round number?

“MARY must be seen on the move.” This was one of the key pieces of advice in a document of planning for Mary Robinson’s presidential campaign 21 years ago.

IT was a story to make the blood boil. Last Tuesday, it was all over the daily newspapers. For the remainder of the week, it filled the airwaves and newsprint.

ONCE, at a football match in Thurles, I saw the future of rock ‘n’ roll, and it shook me to my core.

IN 2007, the three families behind the Jurys Doyle hotel group decided to sell a sizeable chunk of the business.

EVEN little steps leave footprints.

WHO is the most reviled man in a State that has been laid to waste by excess and greed?

PEANUTS, monkeys. Pay peanuts, you will get somebody with a monkey’s brain. If you want the job done properly, you gotta fork out the serious bucks. So it goes for those with big brains.

ID Dominique Strauss-Khan get justice? Was he the victim of a system that convicts before charges can even be answered? Or is he a lucky boy, who can thank his powerful position for beating a rap that he deserved?

Like many things, PC is in the eyes of the beholder. Those who baulk at the term turn PC themselves if something is uttered which they find offensive.