Columns - Irish Examiner

Ronan Mullen

Distribute licence fee revenue throughout broadcasting sector

THE bosses at RTÉ must be very happy with Interim Report of the Forum on Broadcasting which has just been published.

Wed, 04 Sep, 2002

Uncle Sam, your aim may not ring true but thanks for the protection

US President George W Bush is not attending the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development currently taking place in Johannesburg.

Wed, 28 Aug, 2002

Time we took responsibility for the warped world our children live in

I cringed when I heard a father ask his child last week: “Would you like to go home with that man?”

Wed, 21 Aug, 2002

Catholic children should prepare for their sacraments outside school

IT would be an understatement to say that the Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Very Rev Robert McCarthy, is unafraid of controversy.

Wed, 14 Aug, 2002

Since when has parenting been just another consumer choice?

AS a child I was particularly chilled by the story of Pandora’s Box. In Greek mythology Pandora and her husband Epimetheus are visited by Jupiter’s messenger, Mercury, who gives them a box for safe keeping.

Wed, 07 Aug, 2002

We should be wary of getting too close to an EU arms economy

WHY should a bell be shaped like a bullet, you might ask, as you exit from the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi.

Wed, 31 Jul, 2002

We could take a few pointers from our pious Italian brethren

ONCE you arrive in Castelgandolfo, you can see immediately why, four centuries ago, Pope Urban VIII built a papal residence there.

Wed, 24 Jul, 2002

The presidency does us a greater service when it stays above politics

ANY day now, I expect the President to intervene on an issue of vital importance to the nation.

Wed, 17 Jul, 2002