Place: Maynooth Co

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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The census is a measure to spy on the people

When William the Conqueror commissioned the Domesday Book in 1085, he was at least honest when declaring his intention to uncover the wealth in his newly-conquered territory.

Prioritising our own is not very Christian

Gilmore’s remarks highly offensive to Catholics

Passover city

WHAT defect has caused Limerick men to insist on pubs opening on the holiest of days?

Tue, 30 Mar, 2010

Bishops who won’t quit are doing more damage

MY instinct is to defend the church from unfounded attacks. But the revelations of the Murphy report are something else. The actions or rather, for the most part, the inactions of the bishops named there are simply indefensible.

Sat, 05 Dec, 2009

Remembering Jammet’s

I’M finalising a book on that venerable old restaurant, Jammet’s.

Sat, 07 Nov, 2009

Hard to swallow

PUBS do indeed deserve their woeful days after the merry nights of ripping off their customers during the Celtic Tiger.

Mon, 31 Aug, 2009

Summer of ’69

YOUR columnist Hugh Tynan (June 27), can be very moving as well as very funny. I am one of those 184 people born on June 27, 1969, and his Last Word made a lovely memento of my 40th birthday.

Wed, 08 Jul, 2009

No debt to repay

I WAS very irritated by the mealy-mouthed, holier-than-thou political correctness of your editorial headlined ‘We have duty because of our own past (May 11)’.

Thu, 14 May, 2009

Abuse of power

TRADE union membership is indeed abused by the few fortunate enough to have it.

Thu, 30 Apr, 2009

Drivers who think they’re above the law

I DROVE 1,000 miles or so around Ireland over seven days recently.

Tue, 06 Jan, 2009

Politicians drinking from wrong tap

IT has been reported in recent times that no less than 62,000 pints were consumed by patrons of the Dáil bar last year.

Thu, 09 Oct, 2008

Buddhism in Ireland: a story about to be told

WE are carrying out exploratory research into the early history of Buddhism in Ireland. We are interested in people who identified themselves as Buddhists or practised Buddhism here at any time before 1975.

Wed, 23 Jul, 2008

World without oil: have we forgotten the ’70s?

THE optimistic forecasts for the economy published recently by the ESRI assume a business-as-usual scenario globally.

Tue, 27 May, 2008

Headline assumed we are nation of Catholics

YOUR headline ‘We have a new Pope’ (Irish Examiner, April 20) presumes to speak for the entire population of Ireland without regard to other religions and beliefs.

Tue, 26 Apr, 2005

Some slimy snakes gave saint the slip

ST PATRICK is claimed in legend to have driven the snakes from Ireland.

Thu, 17 Mar, 2005