Why is Dublin City Council spending “crazy money” on even considering the idea of a developing an international standard white-water rapids rafting circuit and polo pool for the city’s docklands? asks Dubliner Mary D'Arcy.

YOU can’t help but wonder how much Alex Ferguson, the former Manchester United manager, has really enjoyed his first full week of retirement.

THE controversial decentralisation plan threatens the future well-being of Government in this country, one of Ireland’s leading academics claimed yesterday.