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Thomas Molloy: The logic is mad but we'll benefit from Greek deal
The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said: "I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you." It is a sentiment that has often been expressed by many other people -- from friends and lovers to the bond markets.
Chris Lowry: The day Michael D let talk show host Michael Graham off lightly by calling him a w**ker
REGULAR listeners to Newstalk may recall the on-air incident two years ago when the future President announced that Michael Graham, the hysterical American talk show host who keeps turning up on Irish radio, was a "wanker".
James Dempsey: 3D adds little to the re-release of this made-to-order Star Wars flop
IT was a period of frenzied expectation. George Lucas, emerging from Skywalker Ranch, had just finished his first film in 22 years, the first of a trio of prequels that would bring balance, and backstory, to the force. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace was franchise cinema’s ultimate release, with enough power to redefine an entire cinematic universe for generations to come.
Mats Persson: The bad news for the Greeks is that they will problably default eventually anyway
OK, so here’s the good news: Greece has moved one step further away from a chaotic default. Greece’s political parties have reached a preliminary deal on a slew of austerity measures after weeks of huffing and puffing – and posturing – between the members of the Greek ‘unity’ government.
Adrian Hamilton: Don't be fooled ... arms, not diplomacy, will decide the fate of Syria
DONT' be fooled by the outraged cries coming from London, Paris, Washington and now the UN Secretary General himself over the Russian and Chinese veto of the resolution on Syria. True, it spoiled the careful build-up of diplomatic pressure organised by Western and Arab governments. But it's also quite convenient to put all the blame for the continuing escalation of violence in Syria on these two countries, Russia in particular.
Kevin Myers: What is going on amongst the female sex that so many of its members are prepared to undergo cosmetic surgery?
It's odd how quite random events give one an unexpected insight into the world we live in. A Sunday colour supplement last week showed a terrifying photograph of Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah and Melanie Griffiths, so botoxed and collagened that they resembled the sewn-on faces of blow-up sex-dolls.
Lise Hand: Captain Burton takes the wheel and shows how the good ship should be steered
PEOPLE may not have realised it, but we had a free house yesterday. Both the head and the deputy head of Government, aka the Taoiseach and Tanaiste, were gadding about New York like a couple of swells (or a trio of swells, if one counts Jobs Minister Richard Bruton, who tagged along too).
David Quinn: Pope should come here but visit the North first
The issue of our embassy to the Holy See won't go away. Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore now finds himself attacked as "an anti-Catholic bigot" and it has sparked a mini-rebellion among the Fine Gael backbenchers.
Paul Allen: As the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubileem, surely we have somehting to celebrate too
DURING the boom years it was always painted as a simple choice. Did we want to be closer to Boston or Berlin? But while our ego fuelled an inflated sense of self-importance as we revelled in the fact that Project Ireland was at last an economic success, we failed to see what was staring us right in the face.
Tim Stanley: No American president has ever picked a fight with the Catholic Church. What is Barack Obama thinking?
N0 Democratic president ever picked a fight with the Catholic Church in quite the way that Barack Obama has. One of the first things that Jimmy Carter did when he came into office was to scrap federal funding for abortions, while most Democratic office holders have recognised the "freedom of conscience" provision that permits doctors and nurses to refuse to participate in terminations. Even Bill Clinton – the "sex president" – supported some limits on partial birth abortion and made a vague play about "favouring life."
Inside Analysis
- Kevin Myers: If Phil Hogan is the tough guy of Government, what can we expect when we meet the wimp?
- Eoghan Clifford: Septic tank legislation makes sense for both householders and the environment
- Andrea Pappin: There are 24,000 charities in Ireland ... do we really need that many?
- Martina Devlin: What will FG tax or cut to reopen Vatican embassy?
- Arresting issue as Britain bids to send Irish prisoners home
- James Lawton: England are the laughing stock again
- Paul Hayward: It took a trial for us to see what football so often lacks: transparency
- Kevin Myers: Perfect moves on the training pitch count for nothing if this sub-conscious desire to lose is allowed to trot out on to the pitch
- Claire O'Mahony: Stacey might be the girl on George's arm these days, but how long will it last? He does have form
- Tim Stanley: Mitt Romney has only himself to blame for Rick Santorum's Midwest breakthrough
- Alex Spillius: Assad's regime has gone beyond the point of no return .. but how does the West get shot of him?
- Lise Hand: Purified poop for the 'price of a pint' but the Brigade's still giving out yards
- Fionnan Sheahan: Great enforcer's retreat on fees will cost FG dear
- David McWilliams: Greece gets an ultimatum from EU but there is life after the euro
- Kevin O'Shaughnessy: Note to the killjoys: this is Ireland, not Afghanistan
- Kevin Myers: Energy policy based on renewables will win hearts but won't protect their owners from frostbite and death due to exposure
- James Lawton: Where has it all gone wrong for England manager Fabio Capello?
- Guy Adams: Sex, drugs and JFK by retired, God-fearing Mimi Alford
- Nicholas Lezard: Happy birthday, Charles Dickens ... but I confess I always found your books hard work
- Robert Fisk: Bashar al-Assad is not going anywhere ... and perhaps not for a long time
- David Blair: West must reassess its approach towards Syria after vetoes
- John Cooney: Enda acting like Scrooge as embassy row becomes a holy show
- Ronan Price: Technology to light way for students
- James Lawton: Adam Johnson's diving confession shows football morality has hit a new low
- Sam Wallace: Fabio Capello must mend this dangerous divide or face his inevitable departure
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