JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell should have the good grace to resign. If he does not, he should be sacked immediately for plunging the countryinto the worst crisis it has ever faced in the area of criminal law.

THE Fields of Athenry aren’t so lonely now. In fact, in years to come those fields will be packed with more than the 70,000 who were actually present because the bewildered will try convince their grandchildren that — as Max Boyce is wont to say — “I was there”.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell probably did not appreciate the irony when, in relation to the Garda Rep-resentative Association’s intention to target government deputies with dodgy majorities, he said most association members were intelligent and would not be dictated to.

IT’S a frightening thought, but it’s possible we might have more TDs imposed on us. That may transpire as a result of the recently concluded census, which is not just an elaborate alibi for where you were on a particular night of the year.

The Duke in Dublin and the DUP in Killarney in the same week! And they all got home safely.

The Duke in Dublin and the DUP in Killarney — in the same week! And they all got home safely.

IF, as Shakespeare once almost remarked, you have any SSIAs to shed, prepare to spend them now.

IF, as Shakespeare once almost remarked, you have any SSIAs to shed, prepare to spend them now.

THE threat of nuclear power is looming over this country once again and it is coming, not from an unfriendly country, but from one of our own State agencies.