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There's an elephant in room as Croke Park is raised from dead
AS Croke Park II gets a reboot, with optimism advancing gingerly that a deal might be struck, here is a question that perplexes me: who is safeguarding the taxpayers' interests?
Brady claims moral authority but is undone by feet of clay
Moral crusaders must maintain impeccable standards or risk being outed as sanctimonious phoneys – and nothing damages a cause like hypocrisy. This is neither canon nor criminal law, but the law of common sense.
Kenny has shown real guts and leadership on a difficult issue
THANK you, Taoiseach, for walking the line. For showing yourself to be a democrat who accepts the will of the people and for reminding your backbenchers about their duty as legislators.
A woman's womb is still not her own in deluded nation of Body Snatchers
ALL week, it's felt as if we've had ringside seats on a re-make of 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers', the 1950s sci-fi classic in which aliens infiltrate a town and take over the bodies of local people.
Even on the day of her final journey Iron Lady manages to raise hackles
POMP and circumstance were laid on by the gun carriage-load, but human touches were in evidence, too. The Bishop of London recalling how Margaret Thatcher warned him off duck pate because it was fattening.
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