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Bruce Arnold: Lacklustre Kenny is Fianna Fail's biggest election asset

Saturday February 06 2010

The two main opposition parties are 'the government-in-waiting'. Opinion polls would suggest, numerically, that in the event of an election in the near future they would be able to offer the country an alternative to Fianna Fail and the Greens and that the electorate would vote for that outcome.

Taoiseach calls on 'spirit of 1916' to lift gloom

Friday February 05 2010

Taoiseach Brian Cowen last night invoked the heroes of the 1916 Easter Rising in a plea to the nation to beat the economic recession.

Capital job for our ambassadors of sport

Friday February 05 2010

IT WAS meant to be a European celebration of Irish sport, but local heroes stole the show.

Obama snub sets EU alarm bells ringing

Wednesday February 03 2010

IN A humiliating blow that set alarm bells ringing in Madrid and Brussels yesterday, US President Barack Obama has announced that he will not attend an EU summit that was supposed to be a grand launch for the Europe's new leadership.

Cuts: Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. Photo: Bloomberg News

EU toughens demands on Greek

Tuesday February 02 2010

INVESTOR flight from southern European debt markets has begun to subside as EU political leaders move closer to some sort of rescue for Greece, but it remains far from clear whether the Greek people will accept Europe's draconian terms.

Bruce Arnold: EU hasn't wasted any time getting its claws into foreign policy

Monday February 01 2010

54 European embassies will initially be set up around the world

Fionnan Sheahan: A cunning plan to starve the negotiators into submission

Fionnan Sheahan Wednesday January 27 2010

MICHEAL Martin was certainly enthusiastic to get in his first all-night session of negotiations.

Watchdog condemns TV3 over 'dishonest' quiz show

Wednesday January 27 2010

THE broadcasting watchdog has upheld a string of complaints from angry viewers who claimed that a late-night quiz show on TV3 was "misleading, dishonest and unfair".

Flavin made an honest mistake and deserves a second chance

Monday January 25 2010

Whether we like it or not, failure and mistakes are part of the business process. Many businesses will fail this year. Sometimes it will be the fault of the owners, who failed to take simple precautions, and sometimes it will be nobody's fault at all -- or just one of those things that happens from time to time. But society and the media must learn to give people a second chance if they fail for honest reasons.

Bruce Arnold: Impotent bank inquiry is product of a castrated Dail

Saturday January 23 2010

When I expressed to a friend my fears for the country and its future, under present political leadership recently, I received a blunt, almost a brutal response. I give it unvarnished.

Cowen halts slide despite Budget cuts and job crisis

Friday January 22 2010

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has halted Fianna Fail's slide in support despite swingeing Budget cuts and record levels of unemployment.