An Irishman's DiaryYou can measure your life out in World Cups. In fact, these days, I find it the only reliable measureFri Jun 09 2006 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryThere's a famous photograph of John F Kennedy in the Oval Office: the world's most powerful man at work while his infant son …Thu Jun 08 2006 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryRock music has been more or less respectable for decades, I know, but 2006 could be the year it finally went genteelFri Jun 02 2006 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryMy apologies in advance for being morbid, but that recent warning on the hazards of gypsy skirts has reminded me of the sad fate…Wed May 31 2006 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryProbably the most remarkable thing about the whole Munster rugby phenomenon has been the willingness of the province's Cork component…Tue May 23 2006 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryWhen President McAleese visited Butte, Montana this week, she appears to have missed out on the city's most famous feature, even…Fri May 19 2006 - 01:00
Bruce the Bush-whackerThe Last Straw: Thanks to Bruce Springsteen, I've been going around all week singing Ballad of Jesse James, with its insanely…Sat May 13 2006 - 01:00
Listeners at sea as Bertie's bounty knows no boundsDáil Sketch: For a while yesterday, it looked like we were witnessing a Mutiny on the BountyWed May 10 2006 - 01:00
Ned meets Joyce as the Kelly story comes back homeJames Joyce's aunts must be turning in their gravesMon May 08 2006 - 01:00
World Cup exit moneyThe Last Straw: In one of his safer predictions, the great economist JK Galbraith expressed confidence that, even in the long…Sat May 06 2006 - 01:00
Competition for soldiers to become officersNon-commissioned soldiers will have a more chances of attaining officer rank following a decision by Minister for Defence Willie…Sat May 06 2006 - 01:00
Spring clean at Guinness heir's home nets €2.6mThe mother of all garage sales raised an estimated €2Wed May 03 2006 - 01:00
Gone in 45 minutesTheLastStraw: I know it's the chicken nuggets most people worry aboutSat Apr 29 2006 - 01:00
Party to target health and crimeFine Gael will target public fears about crime, healthcare and the perceived waste of taxpayers' money in a new series of anti…Tue Apr 25 2006 - 01:00
Priest's role in peace process recognisedThe North's unionists are "the greatest asset Ireland has", peace campaigner Fr Alec Reid has saidSat Apr 22 2006 - 01:00
Lost in the 'J Zone'TheLastStraw: If being a man means anything, it means you never, ever, ask directionsSat Apr 22 2006 - 01:00
RTÉ drama to depict chaos following Sellafield disasterA new RTÉ docu-drama depicts anarchy in Dublin and a mass flight from Ireland's east coast after a nuclear disaster at Sellafield…Thu Apr 20 2006 - 01:00
Racing's hot propertiesTheLastStraw: I'm sure every Irish sports fan rejoiced in the success of Numbersixvalverde at AintreeSat Apr 15 2006 - 01:00
Cliches of our timeTheLastStraw: Forty years after his death, the greatest tribute we can pay Myles na gCopaleen is to say that, thanks to his …Sat Apr 08 2006 - 01:00
Guns blaze on the Aer Lingus frontDáil Sketch: For two self-confessed socialists the Taoiseach and Joe Higgins rarely appear on the same side of an argument.Thu Apr 06 2006 - 01:00
There are no flies on Dermot AhernDáil Sketch: The plight of the undocumented was dramatically illustrated in the Dáil yesterday when Fine Gael's Bernard Allen…Wed Apr 05 2006 - 01:00
A slow burnerTheLastStraw: Posterity will decide whether this newspaper's 16-page supplement to mark the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising…Sat Apr 01 2006 - 01:00
Be warned - if it sounds too good to be true, it probably isPeople who respond even once to an e-mail, letter or telephone scam are liable to feature on "suckers lists", attracting increased…Sat Apr 01 2006 - 01:00
Star chef gives a flavour of Dublin's gourmet festivalTo some Irish food producers, Richard Corrigan is about as popular as a fox in a henhouse.Sat Mar 25 2006 - 00:00
Pod people invade spaceThe Last Straw: It's no fault of Steve Jobs. His invention is a small masterpiece of engineering, I knowSat Mar 25 2006 - 00:00
Lightning quip steals Rabbitte's thunderDáil Sketch: When they heard themselves called the "three wise men" yesterday, the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance, and …Thu Mar 23 2006 - 00:00
McDowell puts his teeth away and lets himself be tickled by the wagsDáil Sketch: With Richard Bruton still bearing the teeth marks from Tuesday's attack in Molesworth Street, Michael McDowell …Wed Mar 22 2006 - 00:00
Irish 1-2-3 as War of Attrition wins Gold CupMichael O'Leary added an exciting new destination to his ever-growing list when his horse War of Attrition landed in the Cheltenham…Sat Mar 18 2006 - 00:00
Britain first to go green for St Patrick's Day eventsBritain steals a march on Ireland this weekend when its three largest cities all host St Patrick's Day paradesSat Mar 11 2006 - 00:00
Game to kick off fundraising drive for care of injured ex-playerRugby crowds at Lansdowne Road have been criticised for not making enough noise in recent gamesSat Mar 11 2006 - 00:00
No match for a mouseTheLastStraw: A loophole in Darwinian theory, I've always thought, is evolution's continuing failure to produce an aggressive…Sat Mar 11 2006 - 00:00
Bookies put Ireland ahead but fail to put the wind up Scottish fansIt's a golden rule of fashion that hemlines rise when times are good. Mercifully, this does not apply to kiltsSat Mar 11 2006 - 00:00
Innumerate welcomesTheLastStraw: All the talk about Garda intelligence last Saturday reminds us we are fast approaching the annual intelligence…Sat Mar 04 2006 - 00:00
Lenten Taoiseach flashes the ash in sombre HouseDáil Sketch: It was a morning for sombre reflection in the DáilThu Mar 02 2006 - 00:00
Literary hard hittersTheLastStraw: It has been a month of mixed fortunes for Ireland's blue-chip literary stocksSat Feb 25 2006 - 00:00
When the Coalition's future hung on a wordDail Sketch: The PDs have been through a lot already, what with the Taoiseach's conversion to socialismThu Feb 23 2006 - 00:00
Hear ye, hear ye . . .TheLastStraw: It may have escaped your notice until now, as it had mine, but apparently all adults are at least partially deaf…Sat Feb 18 2006 - 00:00
Schools struggle to cope with boys' deathsGlen Keegan's primary school was making last-minute preparations for its annual pantomime yesterday when news of the tragedy …Tue Feb 14 2006 - 00:00
GAA fight lacks punchThe Last Straw: One of the biggest lies in Irish life is the one that goes: "We don't want to see this sort of thing on a GAA…Sat Feb 11 2006 - 00:00
Council appeals tenants' right to buy at 1996 priceDún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is to appeal a High Court ruling that would allow a group of tenants buy their local authority…Tue Jan 31 2006 - 00:00
Late kick-offThe Last Straw: A famous doctor whose name I've forgotten once said that for every hour you exercise, you add two hours to your…Sat Jan 21 2006 - 00:00
Lack of 24-hour social work service hampering effortsThe lack of a 24-hour social work service is hampering attempts to help marginalised youth, an Oireachtas committee has been …Thu Jan 19 2006 - 00:00
Grammar boughs outThe Last Straw: English is a notoriously slippery customer, as those of us obliged to work with it know wellSat Jan 07 2006 - 00:00
Sunshine in December ends one of Ireland's warmest years on recordAn unusually sunny December capped one of Ireland's warmest years on record, according to Met Éireann's end-of-year report, writes…Mon Jan 02 2006 - 00:00
When time speeds upTheLastStraw: I welcome the news that 2006 is to start lateSat Dec 31 2005 - 00:00
Record number of passports for people from NorthThe number of Irish passports issued annually has almost doubled in seven years, figures from the Department of Foreign Affairs…Sat Dec 31 2005 - 00:00
Christmas leaves behind 95,000 tonnes of packagingThe alcohol consumed in Ireland this Christmas would fill "29 Olympic-sized swimming pools", a recycling agency has claimed.Thu Dec 29 2005 - 00:00
Missing spoons mystery stirs up the interest of scientistsScientists in Australia have moved a small step closer to explaining one of the last great unsolved mysteries of the universe…Fri Dec 23 2005 - 00:00
Charity CD already stopping trafficAnyone passing Leinster House at 3pm yesterday might have concluded that, this time, Louis Walsh had his work cut outFri Dec 23 2005 - 00:00
