Person: Ballina Co Mayo

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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A healthy investment? Warren Buffett and the VHI

At first blush, Warren Buffett’s decision to invest nearly $1bn of his investors’ money in the VHI would go a long way to explaining his waning powers of Midas, as regards his Berkshire Hathaway investment vehicle.

Decoding passwords

Wrong example

No place for neutrality in this referendum

Jubilee debt plan could get us out of this mess

Bring on the ‘Don’

Reaping what they sow

WELL done to the voters of Tipperary North, who have managed to elect themselves a political eunuch as their representative.

Mon, 28 Mar, 2011

Love thy neighbours

AFTER umpteen years of unfettered excess, is there any possibility that a majority of our newly-elected TDs have learned that personal ambition, greed and self-aggrandisement has proven to be the wrong option?

Tue, 15 Mar, 2011

Andrews passes buck?

CHILDREN’S Minister Barry Andrews said when he was given the report on the sex abuse scandal in Cloyne diocese he did not read it — just passed it on to the HSE.

Wed, 24 Dec, 2008

Purpose of the courts is not retribution

AS sentence has been passed on Wayne O’Donoghue, it might be appropriate to ask why the DPP persisted with a charge of murder when it was obvious a verdict of manslaughter would ensue.

Sat, 28 Jan, 2006