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Taoiseach gets on his high horse over glum press pack
Friday November 13 2009
IT was all go for the Taoiseach yesterday. He was a busy man, whizzing between engagements with a speed that was almost Bertie-esque. So perhaps a little confusion was understandable, given the hectic circumstances.
Angela Phelan
Sunday November 08 2009
ONE of the keys to life is to have a job you really like and that you are able to do well. As an extremely successful columnist, Angela Phelan, who has sadly died at the age of 63, had it all. Whether she was covering a high-flying dinner or party filled with the super-rich and famous, she was so at home. Same with the big race meetings.
Blog Digest
Thursday November 05 2009
IN celebration of Science Week 2009, which runs from 8-15 November, Blog Digest donned its lab coat and tested Ireland's top science blogs. Conor Lenihan TD, Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, says we should celebrate the achievements of mathematicians and scientists in the same way that sports stars and popstars are lauded. I say they don't need this razzle dazzle and that Science Week works because it is all about inspiring and enthusing kids with the magic of science.
Eye spy Science in focus
Wednesday November 04 2009
A CLASSROOM became a crime scene straight out of the popular television series 'CSI' yesterday as eight-year-old detectives learned how to search for clues and fingerprints.
Hundreds bid farewell to columnist
Tuesday November 03 2009
THE worlds of politics, media and show business collided yesterday as people gathered in their hundreds to celebrate the joyful life of former 'Irish Independent' diarist Angela Phelan.
Conor Lenihan lobbied his brother on bank board role
Thursday October 29 2009
JUNIOR minister Conor Lenihan lobbied his older brother, the Finance Minister, to have his friend -- Allied Irish Banks' whistleblower Tony Spollen -- appointed to the board of one of the banks last year.
Lenihan pledges tax breaks for research investment
Friday October 23 2009
THE upcoming budget will include enhanced amendments to the tax treatment of Research & Development (R&D) investment for multinationals and indigenous firms, the Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Conor Lenihan indicated yesterday.
Bertie praises his friends in high places at glitzy book launch
Sunday October 11 2009
Let's start at the end. To finish his speech at the launch of his book, Bertie Ahern quoted Yeats: "Think where man's glory most begins and ends/And say my glory was I had such friends."
Sacrificing one Bull will not appease angry wolves
Eoghan Harris Sunday October 11 2009
My phone rings non-stop after CSI: Cork's Bloody Secret. Most of the callers are Roman Catholics and republicans from west Cork. They are thrilled to see the end of the last taboo -- telling the truth about what happened to hundreds of ordinary Irish Protestants after the Treaty.
Parties lock horns in battle to claim credit for coup
Thursday October 08 2009
FINE Gael's desperate attempts to up the ante on the outgoing Ceann Comhairle John O'Donoghue by calling for his immediate resignation fell flat last night.
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