Saturday, March 20 2010

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Oliver Cromwell

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James Downey: Foot was a lovely man but a terrible political leader

Saturday March 06 2010

MICHAEL Foot was a lovely man. He was also one of the worst leaders of any major democratic party in an important country: in terms of policy and legacy, perhaps the worst of all.

Michael Foot, the Labour Party leader, pictured in 1981, brought many talents to British public life

From passionate Labour leader to 'lame duck'

Thursday March 04 2010

MICHAEL FOOT (96) was a Labour Party leader who never became British prime minister, but this failure could not eclipse the array of talents he brought to British public life.

Old enemy brings out Drico class

Thursday February 25 2010

IRISH captain Brian O'Driscoll does not expect anything other than a battle royal when he faces England.

'Ghost' estates must be resuscitated

Sunday January 31 2010

OUR housing market will never, please God, drive our economy again. But neither can we take the Oliver Cromwell approach to it. Whether proverbially for the market as a whole, or literally for those trapped in so-called ghost estates west of the Shannon, the refrain of "To Hell or to Connacht" is not an option.

Weekend away: Castlemartyr resort Co Cork

Saturday January 23 2010

Getting there

The twelve ways of Christmas

Saturday December 19 2009

It could all have been so different. But for a few quirks of history, Christmas, as we know it, would be unrecognisable to the bacchanial feast we enjoy today. If the Roman Emperor Constantine hadn't found God in the year 325AD and fixed the celebration of Christmas Day for December 25, we might still be marking the feast day of the much more ancient sun god Mithras.

In Brief: BBC pulls graphic ballet scenes

Friday November 27 2009

THE BBC has pulled part of a forthcoming ballet after learning it contained graphic scenes of a hunchback Pope garrotting a pregnant woman with rosary beads.