“WE require a head — yours or Harry’s”.

NO matter how many ways that you try to adapt candlelight it can’t be made into a light bulb.

IN MY youth, I was obliged to attend Sunday Services.

IF opinion polls are even partially correct, there’ll be serious head scratching amongst political insiders. The phenomenal rise and rise of Sean Gallagher has confounded pundits and political parties. At the close of nominations, a month ago, his ratings tallied at 9% to 12% - fifth place. Nothing emerged that adds to his CV.

GOVERNMENT indifference to defaulting debtors is abundantly clear. The composition of the Working Group on Mortgage Arrears excluded external expertise, comprising only civil servants and bankers.

The good and great assembled in Dublin Castle, deliberating at the Global Irish Economic Forum, to conceive new ideas for our economic prosperity.

THREE weeks today, we will elect Ireland’s ninth president.

THE countdown has begun. It is a matter of when, not if, the Greek government and creditors will have to reconcile a 50% default on their sovereign debt.

THE TV3 documentary series The Rise and Fall of Fianna Fáil is probably the first of many broadcast and print reviews of the party that seeks to place political events in a historical context.

Intrinsic share values of state companies have been systematically pillaged by management and employees.