Anybody out there with a few bob interested in picking up 14 houses for half a million quid? Michael Clifford attends an auction for Celtic Tiger era properties

The Longboat Quay development was found last year to have major deficiencies. We’ve

THE SCENE must have been like a vision from hell. Dead bodies were being thrown overboard. Some of those still alive were confined to the ship’s hold writes, Michael Clifford.

A vastly different culture in An Garda Síochána was heralded with the new commissioner but has yet to materialise, writes Mick Clifford

The Fennelly report found that Mr Kenny did not fire Martin Callinan, yet there remains a smell off the whole affair, writes Michael Clifford

Van Morrison turns 70 today. There should be a lot more going on to pay tribute to somebody whose contribution to music and popular culture has been spectacular, suggests Michael Clifford

The existence or otherwise of the IRA is a real issue, despite what the Shinners might claim and Gerry Adams’ best efforts to blame ‘cynical’ political opponents, says Michael Clifford

Instead of finding sustainable solutions to housing and homelessness problems, the focus is on identifying a villain of the piece, now all we’re missing is an inquiry, says Michael Clifford

The decline in rural Ireland today could have been foretold 50 years ago, writes Michael Clifford. 

A NEWSPAPER asserting its human rights is, well, news.