Richard Fitzpatrick on two powerful men, operating on both sides of the Atlantic, who admired each other’s methods.

Elizabeth Bowen’s Selected Irish Writings. Edited by Eibhear Walshe, Cork University Press, €39.

It is hard to understand the mentality of those who have made a fuss over Fr Iggy O’Donovan inviting the Reverend Michael Graham, a Church of Ireland Minister, to join in the celebration of Mass on Easter Sunday.

It is hard to understand the mentality of those who have made a fuss over Fr Iggy O’Donovan inviting the Reverend Michael Graham, a Church of Ireland Minister, to join in the celebration of Mass on Easter Sunday.

The meeting of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) in Killarney today has a range of motions before it in relation to Justice Minister Michael McDowell’s plans to introduce a garda reserve.