LET me tell you what it was like when life was exciting, when things were going on that made the chest pound at the mere sight of them.

HAD Ariel Sharon been born in Northern Ireland, he would probably be First Minister by now.

The Government's strategy to remove the two-tier health system that exists in this country was unveiled this week by the Minister for Health, Micheál Martin.

THE Office of Public Works seems to have embarked on a crusade of political correctness which, to date, has put the Sacred Heart across the gardaí in at least one station.