Person: Benjamin Disraeli

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Strike shows a country of two nations - Bus Éireann

WHEN Transport Minister Shane Ross prepared to appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Transport yesterday, he had a choice of mode of transport: he could have taken a bus to Leinster House from his home or his constituency office in south Dublin or strolled the brisk walk from his department’s main office on Leeson Lane to Kildare Street. 

Readers blog: Lies, damned lies and statistics as you've never thought of them before

Vulnerability to Brexit: We need other trading partners

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A glazed rarity at Adam’s interior sale in Dublin

Dr Gaynor’s suggestions will allow mental health patients to re-engage with world

Here’s the new book releases to look out for in spring 2015

Richard Fitzpatrick reveals some books that are certain to cause a stir this spring.

Sat, 03 Jan, 2015

Even at 75, Barry was a winner

"The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example"

Wed, 10 Dec, 2014

Leo seems to have the lionheart to succeed Enda

Has Leo made his lunge? Mr Varadkar, our thrusting, Thatcherite Transport Minister, appears to have fired the first shot in the War of the Blueshirt Succession.

Sat, 22 Mar, 2014

Mandela: A statesman and a crowd puller

WHETHER in or out of prison, Nelson Mandela was a crowd puller.

Fri, 06 Dec, 2013

Charity that begins with coping

EVERY now and again, like Bono in a library, I like to give something back.

Sat, 06 Aug, 2011

Question of trust

I CANNOT subscribe to the view lately espoused by many, including some of my party colleagues, that it is time for a national government.

Wed, 06 Oct, 2010

Farmers need market advice

IRISH farmers could do with better marketing advice.

Thu, 09 Sep, 2010

Can Banner avoid a winter of discontent?

LIES, damn lies and statistics. Benjamin Disraeli surely never thought his utterance as British Prime Minister back at the end of the 19th century would be linked to the travails of Clare hurling, but nonetheless there is a neat correlation.

Sat, 25 Jul, 2009

In the swim

MARTIN CULLEN’S fortunate escape from a faulty helicopter over Killarney brings to mind another politician’s remark in similar circumstances.

Sat, 07 Mar, 2009

Disraeli home may fetch €6m

A Co Carlow house owned by the family of 19th Century British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli could fetch up to €6m at auction today.

Wed, 27 Feb, 2008

Roy, Disraeli, and the two nations

IT’S UNLIKELY that you while away your leisure hours dipping into Benjamin Disraeli’s novels.

Fri, 23 Mar, 2007

A&E crisis - Treating the ill or massaging the statistics?

The deliberate manipulation of statistics can lead to enormous confusion.

Mon, 23 Jan, 2006

Scottish university makes Vananu its rector

Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu was tonight elected rector of a Scottish university.

Wed, 15 Dec, 2004

Cannabis use has insidious ramifications

“There are three kinds of lies,” Benjamin Disraeli once wrote, “lies, damned lies and statistics.”

Tue, 28 Oct, 2003