Person: Don Corleone

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home and gardens

Songbirds join forces to see off predators

Irish songbirds will club together to ward off hawks falcons or cuckoos, enemies much larger than themselves.

ourview

Trump’s capos cross a red line - Bid to intimidate Ukraine hearing

Did you know that rats will save a drowning rat?

celebrity

Shortlist published for 'greatest ever film quote' poll

soccer

Blatter: I've been disrespected

O’Grady and Moyes badly let down by petty powerbrokers

25 hallmarks of the real Clare hurling fan ...

The original Banner Banger will be tuned up and ready for road again come final day, with the bottom of the Hill in Shannon chosen as the symbolic starting point of the journey.

Tue, 10 Sep, 2013

Embassies’ fiasco - Carelessness and excess

A Department of Foreign Affairs audit has uncovered out-of-control excess, expenditure and maladministration in renovation projects at Irish embassies.

Mon, 17 Jun, 2013

Coach’s couch with Diarmuid Healy

‘The buck always stops with the manager’

Mon, 01 Oct, 2012

An offer we can’t refuse

In the wake of Henry Hill’s death, John Daly reflects on the greatest gangster film of all time, now 40 years old

Fri, 15 Jun, 2012

The Mahon Report - Real lessons point to the future

“It is clear ... corruption in Irish political life was both endemic and systematic. It affected every level of Government from some holders of top ministerial offices to some local councillors and its existence a was widely known and widely tolerated.”

Fri, 23 Mar, 2012

Capri digs up dirt on dogs

BEHIND most whiffs of scandal in Italy, the Mafia are often lurking — but there is one crime hitting the streets of the picturesque holiday island of Capri which is more Don Labrador than Don Corleone.

Tue, 12 Apr, 2011

Book: Brando battled bulimia

Late movie legend Marlon Brando battled the eating disorder bulimia for most of his adult life, according to a new book about the 'Godfather' star.

Fri, 05 Dec, 2008

Chavez threatens to jail opposition governor

President Hugo Chavez has threatened to imprison the popular governor of Venezuela’s western Zulia state for allegedly plotting to kill him.

Sun, 26 Oct, 2008

Morgan admits backstage tension at 'America’s Got Talent'

Piers Morgan has admitted that there is some backstage tension between he his fellow 'America’s Got Talent' judges.

Fri, 12 Sep, 2008

How cocaine hooked the world

Among the middle classes and the affluent, cocaine is the recreational drug of choice. In the aftermath of this week’s trial in Cork Allan Prosser looks at its history, its place in popular culture, and the threat it poses to society.

Sat, 26 Jul, 2008

Corleone toasts mobster wedding without godfather

WHEN Don Corleone’s daughter got married in the film, The Godfather, the guests kissed his hand and he dispensed favours because no Sicilian Mafia boss could refuse a request on the day of his daughter’s wedding.

Fri, 25 Jul, 2008

Burt and Debs top in screen smooches poll

BURT LANCASTER’S roll in the surf with Deborah Kerr in From Here To Eternity has been voted the most memorable movie kiss.

Thu, 07 Jun, 2007

Brando auction set to raise €750,000

A treasure trove of Marlon Brando’s most prized and personal possessions will go under the hammer today in New York.

Thu, 30 Jun, 2005

Godfather script tops Brando auction

A VAST collection of Marlon Brando’s most prized personal possessions, from bongo drums to his annotated Godfather script, goes on public display in New York tomorrow.

Sat, 25 Jun, 2005

Brando collection goes on public display in NY

A vast collection of Marlon Brando’s most prized and personal possessions, from bongo drums to his annotated Godfather script, goes on public display in New York tomorrow.

Fri, 24 Jun, 2005

Our Dermot needs a few lessons from the First Lady of Comedy

WE didn’t realise it, but there are two comedians in the White House. The other is Laura Bush.

Fri, 06 May, 2005

Brando had 'turned down' Godfather role

Marlon Brando repeatedly turned down his Oscar-winning role in The Godfather, it emerged today.

Wed, 02 Feb, 2005

Garda tells tribunal the McBreartys were called ‘the Don Corleones’

A DONEGAL family implicated in the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron were labelled the Don Corleones, it was claimed yesterday.

Fri, 24 Sep, 2004

McBrearty family had mafia nickname, Tribunal told

A Donegal family implicated in the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron were labelled the Don Corleone’s, it was claimed today.

Thu, 23 Sep, 2004