The Lost and the Blind

Greece is in all the news bulletins as I write this and I suspect most Irish people have sympathy for the difficulties this ancient democracy finds itself in these days. 

No tickets for London’s big event? Get into the Olympic spirit on a tour with a sporting twist, says Sally Howard

In no particular order or weight ... Paul Brady, Henry Shefflin, Myrtle Allen, Saoirse Ronan, the Gulf Stream’s micro climate, Seamus Heaney, Fiona Shaw, Martin Hayes, Graham Norton, the Society of St Vincent de Paul, Rory McIlroy, Olivia O’Leary, Connemara, the Delphi and Blackwater valleys, Julie Feeney, John Hume, Lyric FM, Michael Noonan’s unflinching, selfless resolve at a moment of great personal tragedy.

THINK Turkey and the standard images of turbans, complex relationships with the Greeks and delightful sweets usually come to mind, often zooming into view on the back of a flying carpet.

Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind

Saturday

Katy Harrington samples the action and adventure at Delphi Mountain Resort

Gardaí in Co Mayo have confirmed that a woman who slipped into a gully on Mweelrea Mountain yesterday evening did not survive the fall.

The Delphi adventure centre in Co Galway is to create 60 new jobs in the area following a recent redevelopment.

Wall Street had a renewed case of interest rate anxiety today, with stocks falling on strong US economic news and a jump in oil prices that heightened worries about inflation.