Elementary, my dear Watson? Maybe so, as an event next week at University College Cork will hear that the inspiration for Professor James Moriarty, nemesis of Sherlock Holmes, was actually mathematician George Boole.

The centenary of the 1916 Rising would best be marked with the drafting of a new Constitution, not a new Proclamation, writes TP O’Mahony            

FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan provoked fury for using his draconian new powers to effectively nationalise Allied Irish Bank behind closed doors.

PEOPLE are frequently lying awake at night, tossing and turning over fears that their five figure salaries may be lost in the current recession – but for others their insomnia is down to just a few pounds.