Person: Brendan Buffini

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Emigrants denied the right to vote

AS Michael D Higgins prepares to take up residence in Phoenix Park, spare a thought for the hundreds of thousands of Irish emigrants who don’t count anymore when it comes to presidential elections.

Cricketers were our best ambassadors

When the amateurs set an example for the pros

Great to see Croker join the big league

AT last Croke Park will be used to its full potential.

Sat, 17 Feb, 2007

Why the Taoiseach played down child abuse scandal

THE Taoiseach could only express disappointment at the appalling figures of clerical child abuse within the Catholic Church in the Republic, as revealed in the Ferns report.

Tue, 22 Nov, 2005

It’s time to salute the Irish who fought Hitler

I IMAGINE the only reason Bertie Ahern was in Moscow this week was because he likes a Smirnoff chaser with his pint of Guinness and that it had nothing to do with the VE day celebrations.

Fri, 13 May, 2005

LET those of us who enjoy all sports — not just the amateur Gaelic pastime whose roots have not spread much further than its rural Irish origins — rejoice at the fact that the dinosaurs within the GAA have finally become extinct.

Tue, 19 Apr, 2005