The Galway priest who made withering comments about Ireland's Eurovision entrant 'shoved' Bambie Thug's performance into his own face by not switching off

"Just as I go under, I remember asking Dr Salman where he would get the fat to transfer into my face and being irritated when he said he’d find somewhere, no bother."

It’s a democratic paradox: manifestos are utterly pointless, yet you can’t have an election without them. Manifestos speak to the honesty and transparency of each political party, and no voter in their right mind wants to have to read one.

Funerals are a bit like social media ‘likes’, says Terry Prone

Terry Prone looks at the strange confusion that sees people confuse socialist writer Naomi Klein with right-wing, conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf

In war, if the objective is to capture the public mind, rather than enemy terrain, communication is the most powerful weapon

2024 may or may not be a happy new year, and we may or may not keep our resolutions. But, on January 1, a new diary is all clean white pages and a sense of glorious possibility

What’s this bilge about 'making memories'? asks Terry Prone

If it weren’t for the insurance company, I wouldn’t have an alarm system at all, because I have nothing worth stealing. Even the television is 16 years old.

The thing about old age is that, until it hits, you assume it’s going to be a gradual process. It isn’t