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Bertie’s ‘vegetables’

ONE wouldn’t normally see any similarities between Bertie Ahern and Margaret Thatcher. But, insofar as members of his cabinet are devaluing themselves by condoning what amount to his lesser standards in public life, there is a point of comparison.

Home on the range

Friendly — at a price

A voice for all time

Master performer in our ‘national theatre’

Spot of bother

The Paisley effect

NEVER having watched British prime minister’s questions in its entirety before, I was struck by the amount of background noise throughout Tony Blair’s final appearance at the House of Commons’ dispatch box.

Mon, 02 Jul, 2007

The Birdman of Portlaoise: a tale of redemption

A BUDGIE in an Irish prison?

Mon, 14 May, 2007

Sands of time run out on childhood innocence

SHINING sands long sanctified by the bucket and spade forever sullied now by the blood of a gangland execution: the recent events on Mornington beach in Co Louth were for me the final shattering of an early childhood idyll.

Tue, 03 Apr, 2007

RTÉ’s Sunday best

THE long-running, celebrated Sunday Miscellany programme (RTÉ Radio 1) suffers at times from over-commissioning of certain contributors.

Mon, 26 Mar, 2007

Taxis: strong views from a weak service

AT 7am two days after Christmas, my wife and I gingerly deposited a very irate son at Dublin airport for a flight to London where he works.

Mon, 01 Jan, 2007

Hillary Clinton unfit to be president

NOW the focus is firmly on the next occupant of the White House. A certain reading of the current US scene suggests that for a significant number of Americans, Democratic and Republican, the choice for 2008 is as simple as ABC (Anyone But Clinton).

Mon, 20 Nov, 2006

Death of an actress

ACTRESS Alida Valli, the remaining survivor of my all-time favourite movie, The Third Man, has been finally edited out of life by that great director in the sky.

Tue, 09 May, 2006