Focus on youth starting to pay off for resurgent Cavan
There have not been many great days for Cavan senior football teams in recent times but yesterday was certainly one of them.
There have not been many great days for Cavan senior football teams in recent times but yesterday was certainly one of them.
GOT a tracker? Stay put, don't move, even if you need to relocate.
Since Alan Shatter stewarded through the Dail the pardon for (and apologies to) those Irish soldiers who had joined the Allies during World War II, the question of our neutrality in 1939-45 has again been raised in the public realm.
I BELIEVE that, across the western world, we may be reaching some sort of limit in the complexity of rules governing business. The response to the financial crisis has been ever more complex rules that only a tiny number of professional advisers could ever hope to remember, or understand properly.
Cringe. The annual Eurovision Song Contest post-mortem is under way, and it is even more depressing this year given our dismal performance in Malmo on Saturday night. Oh the pain of coming 'Paddy last'.
ALAN Shatter has landed himself in a right mess and it's entirely of his own making. Tempting as it might be to cite Albert Reynolds's line about how, in politics, you trip up over the little hurdles, it doesn't even apply here.
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Breathing new life into an issue that appeared to be adequately dealt with through the Garda Siochana report into penalty points, Justice Minister Alan Shatter has ensured the controversy rolls on. Mr Shatter's 'revelation' about Independent TD Mick Wallace being cautioned, but not booked for penalty points, for driving while speaking on his mobile phones has created a difficulty for the Government.
The moves by Bank of Ireland and Permanent TSB to facilitate homeowners in moving house without losing all of the benefits of their tracker mortgages are to be welcomed. One of the most damaging effects of the mortgage crisis has been to strip families and individuals of the ability to move home as their circumstances require it – whether to follow a job or to find space for growing families.
The starkest feature of today's Millward Brown opinion poll is the icy disdain the electorate have displayed for the political class of 2013. Fianna Fail and Fine Gael may continue to be the best supported of the Irish political parties. But, as both languish in the doldrums of the low to mid 20 per cent mark – where they hang between mediocrity and annihilation, neither attracting nor securing support – a disillusioned electorate has implicitly rejected them. And though Sinn Fein and the independents may grin hungrily over their somewhat more impressive showings, the true market value of the support these enfants terribles have secured by default is compromised by their status as vulture parties who prey on the crie de couer of despair.
ALAN Shatter has landed himself in a right mess and it's entirely of his own making. Tempting as it might be to cite Albert Reynolds's line about how, in politics, you trip up over the little hurdles, it doesn't even apply here.
Cringe. The annual Eurovision Song Contest post-mortem is under way, and it is even more depressing this year given our dismal performance in Malmo on Saturday night. Oh the pain of coming 'Paddy last'.
I BELIEVE that, across the western world, we may be reaching some sort of limit in the complexity of rules governing business. The response to the financial crisis has been ever more complex rules that only a tiny number of professional advisers could ever hope to remember, or understand properly.
It is not normally the job of a statesman, but President Obama showed promise as a funny man when he had them rolling in the aisles at the recent White House Correspondents’ dinner.
THE economics commentariat and no small part of the political debate in recent weeks has been consumed with the controversy surrounding the work of my Harvard colleagues (and friends) Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff (RR).
THE economic debate of the recent weeks has centred around arguments that “austerity isn’t working” or claims that “austerity is over”.
People with coeliac disease have a higher risk of developing the bone disease osteoporosis
John Rocha, known for his signature muted tones, has brought in a vibrant palette for his debut foray in to eyewear
Lulu unveils a collection of glasses created specifically for stylish women aged 50 plus
‘Should’ve gone to Specsavers’, will be a phrase aimed less often at referees, now that the new Hawkeye points detection technology is going live at Croke Park.
Bright crimson, blush pink and indigo blue are the keynotes in one of the biggest fashion stories of this year. Designer John Rocha has launched his first ever eyewear collection, teaming up with Specsavers.
One of the problems with managing a gluten free diet is making sure that you don’t accidentally pick up gluten.