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THE first shots of the Civil War were fired on 18 February 1922, when an IRA unit commanded by Ernie O’Malley seized a police station in Clonmel. The
My late father said to me once that there were no “real pubs” left in Ireland. Not so, I chided, and began a litany of
Our society has strange values and it’s a sign of them that the lockdown re-openings which created the most excitement were Penneys and McDonald’s. That’s not a criticism
By the time you read this, most of the Green Party members will have voted on the Programme for Government. It is all over bar
The imposition that is Covid-19 throws up many moments for reflection and self-censuring, not always necessarily a good thing for the soul. I find myself
A few months ago I was given a bottle of raspberry wine. It sounded like something my granny used to make and I was in
Before, during and since the talks on government formation a number of myths about the last general election have been regularly repeated. The first of
It’s been long a given that there’s a whole generation of the New Man out there. They use moisturiser, they stroke the cat, they have
I am fortunate to have a very good friend who is fortunate to have a very good house in a very good part of southern
Pierrot Ngadi was among the first people to live in a direct provision centre in Ireland. The journalist and his wife arrived at Rosslare in
