JOAN Collins said it was great to be back in the Jolly Toper.

He went out on a limb for Ahern, lowering himself to the role of a clown. On radio.

SO farewell Xi Jinping, it was good to know you.

The world of private investigators has been glamorised beyond all sense on-screen and in novels.

Up until a few years ago, Derek Quinlan epitomised the property bubble that had engulfed Ireland. With his empire now mostly in the hands of Nama, Michael Clifford profiles the man who once flew the Tricolour over London

SEPTIC tanks are the latest repository for the foul political culture in which we live. The whole palaver around the issue would be funny if it didn’t give off such as smell.

THIS is a story about a town divided, and how history isn’t dead, but merely sleeping.

AT 7.18pm Maura Harrington walked into the hall. She strode through the centre aisle, all the way to the front of the stage.

LET’S hear it for the imperial forces exercising their will on the country.

HIS name was Peter, and he wore hard years on his face.