By Ryle Dwyer Since last October, Michael Lowry has been the main focus of the Moriarty Tribunal and, when it reconvenes in October, he will again be the focus of attention.

By Ryle Dwyer IN June the Earl of Desmond Hotel on the outskirts of Tralee had a problem. At 3 o'clock one morning some Travellers pulled into private parking lot in front of the hotel with their caravans. They indicated that they planned to stay there, unless the hotel gave them 2,000.

DURING the week, the first annual report of the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner was published, and it showed that 6,631 applications for refugee status were rejected last year.

HERE was a time when few soccer internationals in Dublin were televised, because it would interfere with the gate at the game.