This comes as no surprise: the EU's much heralded relief for Waterford in the wake of the crystal factory closing down has not worked o...

Until I read Ian Kehoe's report in yesterday's Sunday Business Post I was unaware of the great nationalization project that we'...

I should have waited to see more details. From what I read in today's Irish Independent, the NRA is actually thinking more about clearin...

"Lesson learned" is the message from the National Roads Authority and they are buying 80,000 tonnes of salt for the coming winter...

Of course the Democrats are going to try to blame BP for the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi from prison. If ...

Just listened to a discussion on Newstalk about a possible plan to bail-out people in difficulties with their mortgages. I'm of two mind...

Today's Sun (I know) says that England's manager F. Capello allowed the team to have a few beers on Monday night. The paper says he...

Today the Irish Times tells us that tax relief on health insurance costs the state around €400m per year. They arrive at that figure by sim...

Another Leaving Cert blunder . The state makes the best case for getting it out of the education process. Local testing, local standards. Th...

I don't doubt Nobel Prize winner Mairead Corrigan cared deeply about the Palestinian people. Very deeply. She's emotionally invested...

It's been nearly 20 years since I lived in America. Lots of things have changed. Still, I find it hard to accept that these days only le...

Aren't we in a severe budget crisis? Aren't government bodies cutting back everywhere? I only ask because I've been wondering fo...

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The Tainaiste has suggested that universities accept students who fail the Honours Leaving Cert in Mathematics. That doesn't seem quite...

The Minister for Comms says the TV license won't exist in 2020 . Well, why don't we follow the Minister's logic on the electric...

I missed most of the 9:00 news tonight and so didn't see how (or if) RTE reported on today's news on the euro, but it's gotten a...

Maol Muire Tynan is a name I used to see regularly in the Irish Times. It also stuck in my head because I always used to wonder how you pron...

Just imagine the reaction of Fintan O'Toole and Vincent Browne if Fianna Fáil ever tried a stunt like deem and pass? Just imagine the tu...

Dublin's new Grand Canal Theatre opened last night . I presume it's as spectacular inside as outside (eh, no, I don't know what...

President Obama thanked Brian Cowen for allowing American troops use Shannon as a transit stop on the way to Iraq and Afghanistan. That...