Not a mask in sight at British Grand Prix

I HATE to say this, but didn’t I talk about the numbers testing positive doubling up. That was when the...

Fly-tipping resumes at Carlow spot just one week after major clean-up

By Michael Godfrey THE late Jim Townsend from Ballybar was a great community activist and a staunch supporter of volunteerism....

Hold fast, we’re not there yet!

By Michael Godfrey THERE was little difficulty shutting down the country. The government spoke and all businesses, except a handful...

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WOULDN’T you know there is a by-election in the offing and a general election on the way? Pledges, pledges and...
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THERE are times when there is no question but we are going backwards. In 2003, the country was bursting with...
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I KNOW it is legal, but that doesn’t make it right. What I am talking about is the release of...
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ASK any tourist what their lasting memory of Ireland is and they will probably tell you it is the colour...
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AN underlying attitude of entitlement and arrogance was how Sinn Féin’s Pierce Doherty described taoiseach Enda Kenny’s claim that he...
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IT SEEMS Pope Francis cannot say anything right these days. He is damned if he does and damned if he...
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I HAVE to admit that it infuriates me when legislation impinges on the simplest of things, such as buying eye...
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THERE are times when political correctness is a must, and then there are times when it is just a distraction...
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A COUPLE of years ago no-one – or very few, at least – had heard the term ‘quantitative easing’, let...
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I HAVE to admit that I am getting sick to death of reading, or hearing, of all the places in...
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A LOT of words have been used to describe the deaths of four young women in a road accident outside...
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ONLINE shopping is slowly but surely living up to its potential. Most young people now prefer to purchase online rather...
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A LOT of political spin was put on the government’s solution to solving the Irish Water problem last week. But...
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THE water saga just goes on and on. But at the time of writing, no major changes have taken place...
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IT IS fast becoming one of the major events around the world, or at least the major event for technology...
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I HAD reason to use an ATM at the Bank of Ireland recently and it suddenly dawned on me what...
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I HAVE spent long enough covering court cases over the years to understand that not everyone who appears before a...
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