In New Orleans, there is a blank slab of concrete where a statue of American civil war general Robert E Lee stood for 133 years.

“JUDGED by English standards, the Irish are a difficult and unsatisfactory people.

RECENTLY I was on a short break in west Cork. As I have an interest in the war of independence and the actions that took place in the Third West Cork Brigade area, I took the opportunity to visit three historical sites.

THE reaction to the Taoiseach’s unpredictable nomination of the indomitable Eoghan Harris to the Seanad was so, well, predictable.