POLITICS the world over is full of guff. Full of bluster, self-serving statements, can-kicking, lies, and murky hypocrisy. Our Irish brand of politics is no different.

The landmark Burlington Hotel is for sale with a price tag of just a quarter of the €288m it sold for five years ago.

DESPITE yesterday’s 11th-hour bid to resolve the Irish Glass Bottle stalemate over redundancy payments, this vexed question has concentrated the minds of workers around the country in a way that few issues could achieve.

THE Government faces the threat of nationwide industrial disruption with up to half-a-million workers being urged to protest over employers’ failure to honour redundancy payment orders.