Columns - Irish Examiner

Terry Prone

Possessing that precious ability to stop all of us in our tracks

AND then came the snow. Saturday night was still and windless. It was then the snow came, dry and persistent, layer on layer, covering and outlining and transforming everything in crisp perfect whiteness.

Mon, 29 Nov, 2010

If mothers really know best, why do they get so much unwanted advice?

STICK with me for just a few short paragraphs.

Mon, 22 Nov, 2010

Knock the Spike: let’s topple this monument to Celtic Tiger profligacy

THE statues go first.

Mon, 15 Nov, 2010

At six days to go, seeds of doubt are set and lies spun to conquer the electorate

WHEN only six days are left, that’s when it usually starts.

Mon, 08 Nov, 2010

The clustering of professions from which our politicians sprout

AS the woman opened the bedroom door to let the two young doctors in to see her sick husband, one of them put his arm out to halt the other.

Mon, 01 Nov, 2010

Cowen’s popularity cannot be expected to do a three-point turn

YESTERDAY’S Sunday Business Post opinion poll wasn’t that exceptional.

Mon, 25 Oct, 2010

A cautionary tale of a credit card, 50 quid and a call centre smart ass

THE voice on the phone asked if I was me.

Mon, 18 Oct, 2010

The idea of a National Government gets a voice – even if its a croaky one

THE man on the radio had a funny voice. Funny peculiar, rather than funny ha ha.

Mon, 11 Oct, 2010

For the love of God, why not commit that mortal sin called optimism

SOMEWHERE in the last few days, someone pressed the optimism button.

Mon, 04 Oct, 2010

Opinions may be divided, but the Establishment is definitely poleaxed

WEREN’T we given a great choice by those two opinion polls, all the same?

Mon, 27 Sep, 2010