There was a time when the Bible served the purpose for which it is now ostensibly still in use, writes Michael Clifford, Columnist of the Year.

If in doubt about wasteful spending in welfare, the safe thing is to label it fraud, writes Columnist of the Year Michael Clifford.

Restorative justice can assist in healing, which is what victims need more than anything, writes Michael Clifford.

The cultural malaise that has been exposed in recent years infects all ranks, writes Michael Clifford, columnist of the year.

That Ross’s proposed change (re drink driving) is not embraced by the whole body politic is an acute embarrassment to any country which describes itself as civilised, writes Michael Clifford

TOM Keane is a man to whom anybody who gives a fig about the country should listen, says Michael Clifford.

Each and every station superintendant has been out on the beat and should be able to recognise bogus figures, writes Michael Clifford.

Enda Kenny’s visit to the White House was necessary - his invitation to Donald Trump to visit this country wasn’t, writes Michael Clifford.

It’s all designed to boost the entity purveying the populism rather than the cohort it’s aimed at, writes Michael Clifford.

There is something incongruous about people living in tents in this affluent enclave, en route to nowhere, as life passes by on a city-bound train, writes Michael Clifford.