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McMahon power play can boost Michael's bid for glory

Wednesday March 17 2010

When the draw for the Leinster Senior Cup was made back in early December, with St Michael's and Clongowes positioned at opposite ends, the feeling was that both teams would be RDS bound for the final.

Gerry Ryan: I'm living in the Nazis' former HQ!

Saturday March 13 2010

Gerry Ryan has spoken of his amazement after learning that he is living in a house that was the former home of the head of the Nazi Party in Ireland.

Nohl plays have a happy ending

Sunday March 07 2010

I call them the Nohl plays -- with apologies, of course, to our own bard WB Yeats -- the great drama series based on the very interesting love life of Ann-Marie Nohl. And I think they would perform very well in the Japanese style with masks. This story is strictly for theatre in the round as opposed to Glenro (the ongoing saga of Glenda and Ronan) which is pure soap.

The tycoon, the tantrums and the tears in a remarkable passion play

Sunday March 07 2010

When millionaire property tycoon Johnny Ronan woke up last Sunday morning you'd be forgiven for thinking he would have had the hangover from hell. Following a row with ex-girlfriend Glenda Gilson the night before and reams of column inches in the tabloids looming, what was the man to do save to take two aspirin and crawl under the fine sheets of his Burlington Road home until the storm blew over?

Sea in flying form ahead of Ryanair

Monday March 01 2010

Paddy Power Gold Cup winner Tranquil Sea returns shortly to the scene of that November triumph at Cheltenham in good heart for the Ryanair Chase following a smooth Newlands Chase success at Leopardstown yesterday.

Missing Jonathan

Sunday February 28 2010

With grief, you have to leave all your doors and windows open; it comes and goes as it pleases." So says Abie Philbin Bowman, younger brother of Jonathan Philbin Bowman, as we approach the 10-year anniversary of Jonathan's tragic and sudden death. It's something Abie describes as "a little bit like your own personal 9/11. Such a shocking and profound event in your life that it's almost impossible to work out all the impacts that it has had." Those 10 years have been as kind as they can be, softening the edges of pain, though leaving the centre largely untouched. Missing Jonathan is no less active an emotion now than it was then.

Slots don't fit bill -- for now

Sunday February 28 2010

S LOT MACHINES in betting shops: a legitimate money-maker or a tacky means of preying on gambling addicts?

'There is a clear delineation between civilians and the stars... The A-List engage with each other and the rest of us know to stay away'

Sunday February 28 2010

Saturday

Ulster Bank is to pay 'small bonuses'

Sunday February 28 2010

GAA sponsor Ulster Bank will not make a profit in 2010, its chief executive Cormac McCarthy has warned. "The consensus is that we won't. In terms of recovering and growing our business, we'd be talking about 2011," he said.