WINSTON Churchill said that they “look us straight in the eye and see an equal”. GK Chesterton thought that their “actual lines… are amongst the loveliest and most luxuriant in nature… the same great curves, swift yet heavy, which we see in rushing water and rolling cloud”. There was even a Celtic god, Moccus, in their honour

In day four of our special report on rural Ireland we visit Ballydehob, Co. Cork.

US: A man bought a domain name worth $15,000 (€13,000) for just $10.99 after a website glitch gave him the in-demand address by mistake.

Whenever we do stuff like Stoptober or Movember, it’s always to benefit ourselves. Movember is all about showing your awareness of prostate cancer by sporting a great big freshly-grown moustache which gets you extra likes on Facebook, while only the most uni-cellular amongst us need the benefits of stopping smoking in Stoptober spelled out.

Lethal Allies British Collusion in Northern Ireland

There may be a silver lining in the dreaded double dip recession as the price of crude oil fell to a three-month low on fears that a renewed recession will hit demand.

TINY sensors which monitor the health of cells have been developed by scientists in a move which could improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and degenerative illnesses.

THE FIVE major titles at stake were evenly distributed around the country when the Chartis Irish Cups and Shields festival came to a conclusion at Castlerock, Derry, on Saturday.

OIL prices are staying stubbornly high and governments internationally are struggling to deal with this increasingly worrying trend.

ASSESSING the future for oil prices offers little comfort as the black gold hovers close to record highs at $115 per barrel yesterday.

“CHINA’S rivers are poisoned, their air is putrid. If C02 emissions are something that worried them, they’d have tackled it 30 or 40 years ago.”

IN HIS feature on peak oil (June 20), Colin Campbell’s diagnosis was impeccable, but I think his prognosis was too optimistic.

I AGREE with Colin Campbell’s view (Irish Examiner, June 20) that a lot can be done to combat the demise of peak oil.

AN event at the Lifetime Lab Information Centre in Cork yesterday demonstrated the devastating effects of worldwide oil constraints.

THE recent call by the Government’s think tank for the State to at least look at the nuclear option in terms of future energy needs should have sent shockwaves across the country.

AN oil expert warned yesterday falling oil reserves could trigger a major global economic recession in the longer term.

INTERNATIONAL oil prices continued to soar yesterday rising to new highs of $64 per barrel and threatening higher interest rates.

WISE owls in the oil sector keep nudging us to look beyond the oil price when discussing the topic.

THE dollar rallied further against the euro yesterday despite poor data from the US in recent days.

RYANAIR confirmed this week that it has bought oil forward at a hedge price of $47 per barrel (pb).

I HAVE the greatest respect for Colin Campbell and the work he is doing to highlight the looming energy crisis (Irish Examiner, February 7). Brian O’Mahony’s conclusion, however, to look at the nuclear option again, fills me with sadness and anger.

LITTLE Ciara basked in the limelight when her mum Sonia O’Sullivan strode home in style at the Women’s Mini Marathon yesterday.

Workers at computer giant Hewlett-Packard, which employs thousands of people in Ireland, faced an uncertain future today after it emerged that the company planned to shed 1,400 jobs in Britain.

Opposition parties in Australia today said they are planning a Senate inquiry over claims that the government lied about and exploited asylum seekers to court public opinion and win last year’s general election.