I am flabbergasted at the level of betrayal from our Taoiseach, Enda Kenny.

Kate Middleton may be heading for the same fate as Princess Diana as the latest star of the royal family, in terms of fashion and unwitting scandal.

The ongoing debate on the Croke Park agreement, and the Taoiseach’s statement in recent days that it will run its course, should surprise no one in this country, especially in the private sector and the lower levels of the public sector.

On more careful reading of the wording of the children’s referendum, it becomes increasingly difficult to believe this referendum will succeed in preventing the recurrence of the horrors of the past.

There has been a great deal of controversy about recent indiscreet photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge in the tabloid press.

Last Tuesday a Labour Minister (Brendan Howlin) announced a complete surrender to the public sector unions on the issue of allowances.

Is it time for the display and misuse of our tricolour over coffins to be made illegal unless it has been sanctioned by the State?

On Sunday afternoon, Sept 16, I travelled on the Stena Line from Holyhead to the Port of Dublin and got on to the bus to take me to the city centre.

It can be argued that the film The Innocence of Muslims is offensive pornography which denigrates the beliefs of billions of fellow human beings, and that the makers are guilty of a gross abuse of the right to free speech.

What’s another year?