SINN FÉIN and the IRA refused to allow photographs to be taken of the proposed arms decommissioning in December.

VINCENT BROWNE was utterly indignant on his programme on Tuesday night as he launched into the Irish Times over the column in which Kevin Myers used the term “bastards” in an offensive and distinctly insensitive way.

THE Celtic Tiger is again thriving and one would think it is unpatriotic to suggest that, like all tigers, it will die one day and we should have the foresight to be prepared.

RAY BURKE is primarily a victim of his own arrogance. If there were real justice, however, he would have plenty of political company.

BERTIE AHERN says he won’t apologise to Sinn Féin for suggesting that the leadership had foreknowledge that the IRA was responsible for the Northern Bank robbery.

WHEN I was just four years old my mother brought my younger brother and me to this country.

THERE was some disquiet during the week over the disclosure that G2 (military intelligence) were keeping files on civilians like Anthony Coughlan, as well as the usual suspects who had previously had connections with subversive organisations.

ONE often hears the saying that “the law is an ass”. After this week, who could argue with that? On the one hand, we had the dangerous driving case against MEP Avril Doyle thrown out because of the delay in bringing it to court.

IT has not been a good week for Irish politics with politicians seeking to embarrass each other rather than putting peace and the national interest first.

RETIRED Detective Inspector Gerry O’Carroll persists in maintaining that the gardaí were right in the assumption that Joanne Hayes was the mother of the two babies at the centre of the Kerry Babies case in 1984.