When the Coalition's future hung on a wordDail Sketch: The PDs have been through a lot already, what with the Taoiseach's conversion to socialismThu Feb 23 2006 - 00:00
Hear ye, hear ye . . .TheLastStraw: It may have escaped your notice until now, as it had mine, but apparently all adults are at least partially deaf…Sat Feb 18 2006 - 00:00
Schools struggle to cope with boys' deathsGlen Keegan's primary school was making last-minute preparations for its annual pantomime yesterday when news of the tragedy …Tue Feb 14 2006 - 00:00
GAA fight lacks punchThe Last Straw: One of the biggest lies in Irish life is the one that goes: "We don't want to see this sort of thing on a GAA…Sat Feb 11 2006 - 00:00
Council appeals tenants' right to buy at 1996 priceDún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is to appeal a High Court ruling that would allow a group of tenants buy their local authority…Tue Jan 31 2006 - 00:00
Late kick-offThe Last Straw: A famous doctor whose name I've forgotten once said that for every hour you exercise, you add two hours to your…Sat Jan 21 2006 - 00:00
Lack of 24-hour social work service hampering effortsThe lack of a 24-hour social work service is hampering attempts to help marginalised youth, an Oireachtas committee has been …Thu Jan 19 2006 - 00:00
Grammar boughs outThe Last Straw: English is a notoriously slippery customer, as those of us obliged to work with it know wellSat Jan 07 2006 - 00:00
Sunshine in December ends one of Ireland's warmest years on recordAn unusually sunny December capped one of Ireland's warmest years on record, according to Met Éireann's end-of-year report, writes…Mon Jan 02 2006 - 00:00
Record number of passports for people from NorthThe number of Irish passports issued annually has almost doubled in seven years, figures from the Department of Foreign Affairs…Sat Dec 31 2005 - 00:00
When time speeds upTheLastStraw: I welcome the news that 2006 is to start lateSat Dec 31 2005 - 00:00
Christmas leaves behind 95,000 tonnes of packagingThe alcohol consumed in Ireland this Christmas would fill "29 Olympic-sized swimming pools", a recycling agency has claimed.Thu Dec 29 2005 - 00:00
Missing spoons mystery stirs up the interest of scientistsScientists in Australia have moved a small step closer to explaining one of the last great unsolved mysteries of the universe…Fri Dec 23 2005 - 00:00
Charity CD already stopping trafficAnyone passing Leinster House at 3pm yesterday might have concluded that, this time, Louis Walsh had his work cut outFri Dec 23 2005 - 00:00
Poll shows support for EU constitution growingSupport for an EU constitution has grown among member states, although half of all Europeans want the existing draft renegotiated…Wed Dec 21 2005 - 00:00
Consumerism, conscience, ChristmasThe jingle bells were muffled on Dublin's Grafton Street yesterday as the last full shopping weekend before Christmas ended on…Mon Dec 19 2005 - 00:00
Bono joins elite club as 'Time' Person of the YearBono has followed in the footsteps of Joseph Stalin and Ayatollah Khomeini by being named Time Magazine's Person of the Year.Mon Dec 19 2005 - 00:00
Witty verse, often terseTheLastStraw: I read somewhere that Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass is one of the five great classics of American literatureSat Dec 17 2005 - 00:00
Stage frightTheLastStraw: There was great excitement at home recently when we learned that our seven-year-old daughter had landed the …Sat Dec 10 2005 - 00:00
Who wears the apron?The Last Straw: As a member of Ireland's largest minority, I was embarrassed by the findings of the ESRI's National Time-Use…Sat Dec 03 2005 - 00:00
Deepest sympaty: Bertie's tribute lacks a bit of characterWe all know the Progressive Democrats are ideologically committed to rolling back the StateFri Dec 02 2005 - 00:00
Ahern keeps one step ahead in the on-the-runs controversyWhatever misgivings they had about the peace process, it used to be a tradition in the Dáil that Opposition parties would hold…Thu Dec 01 2005 - 00:00
Choppy waters as TDs rock Biffo's boatWith the Taoiseach temporarily registered under a foreign flag - he was in Croatia - the Government had to bring in contract …Wed Nov 30 2005 - 00:00
Graduates report says women earn 11% less overallMale graduates get paid substantially more than female ones within three years of joining the private sector, a new survey by…Tue Nov 29 2005 - 00:00
Irishmen a washout for cleaning, laundry and cookingA large majority of Irishmen do almost no cleaning, laundry, or cooking at home, a survey by the Economic and Social Research…Tue Nov 29 2005 - 00:00
A flowing radio voice tunes out"Looking back, it was a great life," said broadcaster Ciarán Mac Mathúna at a party in RTÉ last night to mark his retirement …Sat Nov 26 2005 - 00:00
'We've all lost a wonderful man'Speaking outside the hospital where his father died, an emotional Calum Best told reporters: "Not only have I lost my dad, but…Sat Nov 26 2005 - 00:00
So long, SegwayThe Last Straw: It'll be five years next week since a startled world first learned of a new form of transport that would be …Sat Nov 26 2005 - 00:00
Fog and frost as winter begins to biteFrost and fog will again make for difficult driving conditions today as winter starts to bite, especially in the north of the…Tue Nov 22 2005 - 00:00
Dempsey attacks SF 'ghetto' fiscal policySinn Féin's "ghetto economics" would bankrupt the State and bring a return to mass emigration, Minister for Communications Noel…Sat Nov 19 2005 - 00:00
Labour refuses to budge on tax despite latest Fine Gael pledgeThe Labour Party has kept open the possibility of increasing capital gains tax when in government, despite Fine Gael's move to…Tue Nov 15 2005 - 00:00
Wizard's latest adventure 'brilliant but scary'Brilliant but scary was the verdict of Harry Potter fans attending last night's gala screening in Dublin of the boy wizard's …Mon Nov 14 2005 - 00:00
KICK OFF: new PlayStation GAA game scores wellA GAA-backed computer football game was selling briskly on its debut yesterday, despite being dubbed an "inferior" product and…Sat Nov 12 2005 - 00:00
100% natural upspeakTheLastStraw: It's always refreshing to hear teenagers criticising the youth of today.Sat Nov 12 2005 - 00:00
Missing socialist still at large in the HouseDáil Sketch: Thanks to Charlie McCreevy's weekend interview, there was no competition for the burning issue of the dayWed Nov 09 2005 - 00:00
Legend of the fallTheLastStraw: I finally got around to reading Antoinette Quinn's powerful biography of Patrick Kavanagh recently.Sat Nov 05 2005 - 00:00
Minister to seek new talks to avert strike at An PostMinister for Communications Noel Dempsey will today resume attempts to broker talks in the An Post dispute, as Friday's strike…Tue Nov 01 2005 - 00:00
Church ignored truth, says parish priestThe institutional church has sometimes chosen "self-preservation" ahead of the principles of truth and justice, the parish priest…Mon Oct 31 2005 - 00:00
Ban man testingTheLastStraw: For me, the low point of September's All-Ireland football final was not Peter Canavan's cynical last-minute …Sat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Suspect questioned about deathA man was in custody in a Dublin Garda station last night, being questioned about the death of a woman in the city centre earlier…Sat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Out of the trapsTheLastStraw: As the owner of a minority shareholding in a greyhound, I was startled by a detail in last week's Village magazine…Sat Oct 22 2005 - 01:00
Standing room onlyThe Last Straw: We hardly needed the Central Statistics Office to tell us that the population of Ireland was at a 140-year high…Sat Sept 17 2005 - 01:00
Age-old questionsThe LastStraw: Congratulations to the clever people at Irish Life & Permanent, which this week posted profits of €196 million…Sat Sept 10 2005 - 01:00
Cultural boobsTheLastStraw: Apparently there are some excellent buggy shops in France.Sat Sept 03 2005 - 01:00
On the boreenThe Last Straw: Twenty years ago, when I had to thumb lifts everywhere, I swore that if I ever owned a car, I'd always stop …Sat Aug 20 2005 - 01:00
'One of the best-loved Christian leaders'The Taoiseach led the Irish tributes to Brother Roger, saying he was "shocked and saddened" at the violent death of the Taizé…Thu Aug 18 2005 - 01:00
Canal victim not yet formally named as DNA data is awaitedA man whose dismembered body was found in a suitcase in the Royal Canal earlier this year has still not been formally identified…Wed Aug 17 2005 - 01:00
Waste directive abusers will be reportedThe Department of the Environment has threatened to "come down hard" on retailers who seek to exploit the new waste disposal …Tue Aug 16 2005 - 01:00
Hauliers and taxi drivers warn on fuel costsThe Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) said yesterday it is considering a French-style blockade of Irish ports next month …Tue Aug 16 2005 - 01:00
