WATCHING the interview with former US president Bill Clinton on the BBC’s Panorama programme the other night, it was inevitable to compare him with the present incumbent. George Dubya Bush came third.

A PANEL investigating the September 11 attacks has found that there was no “credible evidence” that Iraq had co-operated with al-Qaida on the attacks against the United States.

DESPITE the corporate sponsorship which the Government was touting in advance of Bertie Ahern's world grand tour otherwise known as Ireland's presidency of the EU it looks like it will still cost us at least of €60million.

THE latest price hike announced by the drinks industry is rather hard to swallow.

DOWN around Killorglin, they reckon that John O’Donoghue can walk on water. Certainly he was well able to make a splash when the local rowing club was out of its depth while building their new boathouse.

IF a broken promise will ultimately bring a permanent settlement to Northern Ireland, then political expediency will prevail and Jerry McCabe’s killers will not serve their full sentence.

AT a casual glance, it appeared to be the usual list from the revenue commissioners, naming and shaming the publicans, parish priests and assorted others who are conscientious objectors to paying their tax.

TO the casual observer it might have appeared that the women of Cork — and quite a few men — had suddenly and en masse become madly interested in the antics of a seemingly demented leader of the Labour Party.

THE very first thing the report of the Public Accounts Committee into the €14.8m handed over to the Punchestown horsy set did was to send in a ringer.