Columns - Irish Examiner

Ryle Dwyer

Not even Charlie could help Ben with a non-existent tax problem

THE recent disclosures at the Moriarty Tribunal would hardly have been newsworthy if Charlie Haughey had not accepted money from Ben Dunne.

Sat, 09 Jul, 2005

Ultimately, Haughey got tangled in his own web of deceit

THE most important piece of new information to come out of the RTÉ series on Haughey was the disclosure by former Deputy Commissioner Joe Ainsworth, head of the security division of the Garda Síochána, that Taoiseach Charles J Haughey summoned him to a meeting in the spring of 1982.

Sat, 02 Jul, 2005

You think FF was a party at peace with itself before Haughey? Wrong

YOUNGER viewers will no doubt find the TV series on Charles J Haughey interesting, and it will evoke memories for older people who can still remember the events.

Sat, 25 Jun, 2005

Golf club ruling in line with our historically peculiar idea of equality

MR JUSTICE Kevin O’Higgins concluded that Portmarnock golf club “is not a discriminating club under the terms of the Equal Status Act 2000, because it falls within an exception provided for in that act”.

Sat, 18 Jun, 2005

If Watergate happened here, guilty parties would still be off the hook

LATE on Tuesday of last week I got in to Dallas for the first time since I left there in 1973.

Sat, 11 Jun, 2005

While celebrating the sacrifices, we forget about the betrayals

OVER the past weekend Americans were commemorating Memorial Day, remembering those who were killed in all the wars.

Sat, 04 Jun, 2005

Spuds and kebabs are only off the menu due to political correctness

CONOR LENIHAN’s remark in the Dáil that “Deputy Higgins should stick with the kebabs” was intended as a jibe at Joe Higgins, not at Turkish workers.

Sat, 28 May, 2005

System gives criminals a sporting chance while victims count the cost

OUR system of justice is more concerned about the rights of criminals than those of their victims.

Sat, 21 May, 2005

De Valera’s finest hour came after Churchill’s post-war attack on him

SIXTY years ago the country was waiting for Eamon de Valera to respond to Winston Churchill’s stinging criticism of his wartime conduct.

Sat, 14 May, 2005

Haughey’s riotous behaviour was no comfort to war victim’s relatives

TODAY marks the 60th anniversary of a riot in Dublin, started by the one and only Charles J Haughey and a fellow student at University College, Dublin, the future senior counsel, Seamus Sorohan.

Sat, 07 May, 2005