From the top of the agri-business tree in the 1980s, through to the turbulent 90s and his subsequent resurgence in the beef industry, Larry Goodman will face the latest meat crisis in his usual fashion — head on, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

LARRY Goodman’s purchase of the old Bank of Ireland headquarters on Baggot St in Dublin — announced last weekend — is a remarkable story.

CONTRARY to popular belief, the right to die has been enshrined in Irish case law — but only for those who are physically incapable of voicing their desire to end their own lives.

NO, no, no, no, no.

THE brolly-free national ploughing championships, which attracted overall attendances of almost 190,000 people over three days, ended in Athy last evening.

CELEBRITY lawyer Gerald Kean has revealed that both of his parents contracted MRSA in hospitals although it was not the cause of their deaths.

The Dáil today urged the British government to release security files on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings.

JUDGE Liam Hamilton once said to me that he was sure he would get no thanks for exposing the malpractices in the beef industry, and all the other stuff that surrounded it.

UNELECTED, unaccountable and almost completely untouchable.

JACK STRAW, the British Foreign Secretary, complained this week that the British invest too much faith in selecting judicial figures to chair inquiries.

The independent commission of inquiry into the Dublin, Monaghan and Dundalk bombings has launched an appeal to the public to assist with its investigations into the atrocities.