I was intrigued by Ruth Dudley Edwards statement during the the Prime Time debate on RTÉ 1 on Wednesday, 23rd March, when she said that she was proud of the 240,000 Irishmen who had fought in WWI saying that they saved us from terrible consequences that would have ensued if Germany had won the Great War.

ON these dulcet summer evenings, more often than not, sunlight streams down the west-facing bays of West Cork.

NICOLAS SARKOZY and Angela Merkel issued a stark warning last night that France and Germany would not sign up to an agreement at today’s G20 summit unless there was tough action to regulate world financial markets.

Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel issued a stark warning tonight that France and Germany would not sign up to an agreement at tomorrow’s G20 summit unless there was tough action to regulate world financial markets.