IT’S officially three weeks to the Leaving Cert and as I wrote that it gave me shivers. The CAO has also reopened its change of mind scheme and has announced course points are going up because there are more people.

IT’S election time again and politicians are feeling the unmerciful wrath while they try their best to campaign for not just one election, but two.

EVERY young teenager gets excited at turning 18. It’s when you’re legal, you can drive with a full licence, drink, vote, own land, appear in court, do fun, outrageous things and the main thing for teens is now you’re legally an adult.

WITH recent problems in our charity sector it’s clear that the public are starting to wonder about donating. Can I really blame them?

Recently, we heard about the tragic death of Peaches Geldof.

DURING my trek online to read about various news stories, I always seem to stumble upon stories where people make up things just to get fame and attention.

A few weeks ago Cheltenham was the only thing that was on the lips of horse racing fans, sports enthusiasts and well, basically everyone and anyone who likes sport.

AS we all know, St Patrick’s Day was last week and we were all able to celebrate our Irishness once again. It’s a festival celebrated globally and we, the Irish, should be honoured to have a festival celebrated so universally.

AS one of the country’s disability rights campaigners I feel in the mood to write about the few things that I hate about being in a wheelchair … So here goes.

It is a tad rich Mick Wallace announcing Shatter should resign when, whoops, he has a history of tax issues