ALTHOUGH I must have written about 250,000 words since starting this column over four years ago, I’ve never had occasion to use the Irish word “lúdramán”. Perhaps I shouldn’t use it now either in this, my last column.

ALTHOUGH I must have written about 250,000 words since starting this column over four years ago, I’ve never had occasion to use the Irish word “lúdramán”.

IT would be outrageous to suggest that the behaviour of One in Four, the advocacy group for victims of sexual abuse, contributed to a client’s death.

ATTEMPTS to brush up the image of Judas Iscariot are not exactly big news.

LAST Sunday’s gatherings in Rome, Poland and elsewhere to mark the first anniversary of Pope John Paul’s death were exactly what you would have expected: big, atmospheric, emotional events.

LET’S hear it for the North Inner City Alliance, which is determined to drive Peter Stringfellow out of Dublin’s northside.

“WITHOUT a vision, the people perish,” the Book of Proverbs tells us.

NO doubt it will come as a tremendous relief to the Medical Missionaries of Mary to know that Senator Mary Henry thinks nuns are still “terribly useful”.

MY LATE grandfather was fond of the saying: “Expect the worst, and you won’t be disappointed.” He was a cheerful pessimist, and enjoyed the shock of the statement as much as he believed in the philosophy behind it.