It appears the author, Marian Keyes, wants a ‘national stone a priest day’.

University College Cork Library is embarking on a project to bring the riches of UCC doctoral research to a wider audience by digitising theses from its collection so that they will be available to everybody online.

I can’t help wondering, will a garda be present in all pubs to issue a permit to drive — (motion passed in Kerry Council).

I hear Munster are letting Peter Stringer out on loan again this season. This is a crime.

By my estimation the RTÉ programme, Irish Pictorial Weekly, lasted some three to four weeks.

The silencing of Fr Tony Flannery (Irish Examiner, Thursday, Jan 24) brings to mind another who spent a lifetime pursuing independent thought and conscience in defiance of the Catholic Church – Galileo.

Niall Murray’s (Jan 22) news report of Professor Eamonn Conway’s accurate assessment that few parents want a change of school patronage deserves further analysis.

News that David Cameron has pledged to hold a referendum on continued British membership of the EU is welcome indeed.

The tiny Nordic European island country of Iceland is presently experiencing one of the greatest economic comebacks of all time.

As I read the Irish Examiner (Jan 22) and about US President Barack Obama’s inauguration, I was taken aback by the editorial.