Columns - Irish Examiner

Ronan Mullen

Voters have to ask candidates if they can tell right from wrong

THE Rev James Dobson is endorsing a candidate for the White House for the first time. He says he had a dream.

Wed, 27 Oct, 2004

Scourging of a wise philosopher reveals true nature of the ‘liberals’

“IS it now a crime to be a conservative in Europe?” asked RTÉ’s Áine Lawlor last week. We must wait a week or more before we know the answer to that.

Wed, 20 Oct, 2004

Attack on Iraq is history - now we must back US to win the peace

WHAT a horrible week last week was. Two events to haunt decent human beings everywhere, and make them despair.

Wed, 13 Oct, 2004

Mistrust is clouding resolution of the clerical abuse issue

SOME months back I was on Vincent Browne’s radio programme discussing a new report, A Time to Listen - Confronting Child Sexual Abuse by Catholic Clergy, commissioned by Irish bishops.

Wed, 06 Oct, 2004

Stalled UN is proving powerless to undo damage done by selfish states

GOAL’s John O’Shea has a question for Bertie Ahern. Why did he come out and make a plea for the release of British hostage Kenneth Bigley?

Wed, 29 Sep, 2004

Dana should forget the Britney Spears approach and go local

THERE are many points of contrast between Dana and Britney Spears, but not the least of them is this: Dana knows how to keep herself in the public eye without doing anything indecent.

Wed, 15 Sep, 2004

Bush likely to win for the very reasons many here don’t like him

NOBODY is claiming victory yet. There is a long way to go in the US presidential campaign. Plenty of time for controversy, tremors in the economy, rumours of scandal and swings in the polls.

Wed, 08 Sep, 2004

Why focus on Smith when at least two others are ripe for the chop?

THE former Minister for Justice Seán Doherty made an interesting comment during a recent interview on RTÉ.

Wed, 01 Sep, 2004

John Kerry is looking weakest on the election battleground he chose

WHERE did John Kerry spend Christmas of 1968? Vietnam, it seems. Which is not what he has been saying for 25 years.

Wed, 25 Aug, 2004

Blair has two trumps to play for a third term: time and the Tories

JUST the other day I was in a small airport in a remote part of Argentina. On the wall was a prominent tribute to the local pilots who died during the 1983 effort to “reclaim the Malvinas”.

Wed, 21 Jul, 2004