IT is impossible to legislate to control the sale of knives that might be used to kill, injure or just intimidate people. Knives are so everyday that it would be impossible to control access.

With just a year to go to a general election, all is going swimmingly well for the Government, at least on the economic front, writes Jim Power.

YOU ALL remember that famous election poster, don’t you? It appeared in the 24 hours before polling began in both the 2002 and 2007 general elections. It was believed to be a clincher.

A cheeky bid to break a body-painting world record led to panic buying in Cork yesterday after the city’s clothes stores sold out of men’s thongs.

Declan Ganley is accusing the Yes camp of selling the people a 'Titanic' ticket over funding for Ireland.

ACCORDING to Newstalk, our politicians remain banned from The Right Hook.

The Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne has just released his autobiography, ‘I Am Ozzy’, and says one of his few remaining ambitions is to see the tome turned into a film, with the ‘Public Enemies’ actor Johnny Depp in the lead role.

PLANS for one of the first eco-villages of its type in the country have been unveiled by Cork County Council.

Gerard Butler will give Jack Sullivan a well-earned rest before preparing his globe-trotting charge for the major races later in the summer.

Discreet Cat defied the bad vibes from the Godolphin camp to restore the smile to Frankie Dettori’s face as he ran out a six-length winner of the UAE Derby in Nad Al Sheba.

WHILE I agree with Ann McElhinney (Irish Examiner, April 15) about the appalling treatment of Tristan Dowse, and that cases like his are horrific, it was a pity she went on to vent her biased and inaccurate views on international adoption.

I WOULD like to express my deep admiration for Justice Minister Michael McDowell whose fervour in confronting the wrongdoers of our society should be applauded by all decent people.

A GROUP set up by the Government could not get agreement between the farming organisations, the processors and the marketing organisations on making a clear recommendation regarding country of origin food labelling.

HAVE the powers-that-be in RTÉ gone over the edge? Will we be accused of living in Utopia

AT least 25 people died and 100 were injured in the early hours of yesterday morning in a blaze started by bartenders who were doing tricks with fire at an unlicensed Lima nightclub.

Ben Fogle, the heart-throb of the BBC Castaway series, today told of how he is ‘‘itching’’ to get back to a life where ‘‘quality of life is important, not quantity’’.