Though I am not a historian, I do believe that we should learn from the mistakes of our past. George Bush in his own eloquent way, once attempted to say, ‘Fool me once — shame on you. Fool me twice — shame on me’.

MICHEÁL Martin sent me looking for Edmund Burke, and I’m not grateful. I’ve spent several hours searching Burke’s writings (or as much as I could find online) for one phrase. As great a mind and a philosopher as he was (Burke not Martin), he is no easy read.

Are we about to have another property bubble? The signs are ominous. The rising cost of houses and offices and the shortage of sites is pushing prices up to a level unimaginable even a few months ago. It is mostly centred on Dublin, but not entirely.

Viva La Revolution!

LEO CULLEN may or may not have heard of George Santayana, but the Leinster captain would agree with the Spanish-American poet’s famous assertion about those unable to remember the past being condemned to repeat it.