ON THE first St Patrick’s Day while at university in Texas in 1964, I was interviewed by the local daily newspaper as I was the only person from Ireland among more than 15,000 students.

THE director of the construction company which built the controversial home of former minister Ray Burke in Swords has been refused the vast majority of his legal costs by the Planning Tribunal.

RAY BURKE took part in what amounted to a corrupt transaction when he purchased his home in North Co Dublin, the Flood Tribunal has concluded.