Any discussion around Irish neutrality is rendered meaningless by the incapacity of our under-resourced but willing Defence Forces.

HOW’S that for a humiliating, demeaning and irrefutable kick in the transom? No matter how the spin doctors try to dress it up with talk of immediate reviews and extensive analysis, it was a bloodbath.

THE Sopranos, the mob series that went to its grave with a shockingly inconclusive finale, found a happy ending yesterday with 15 Emmy nominations, including best drama.

WHEN Adolf Hitler shot himself in Berlin on April 30, 1945, the United States was at the height of its power.