Watching your Ps and Qs in a right royal commotionNEWTON'S OPTIC: A €4 MILLION Famine memorial project has run out of moneyWed Jun 30 2010 - 01:00
You'd need to be certified to be Irish. And here is how . . .NEWTON'S OPTIC: Stringent conditions govern the Certificate of Irish Heritage. Cheques are welcomeWed Jun 23 2010 - 01:00
At least Kenny still has his broadcasting career to fall back onNEWTON'S OPTIC: IT WILL clearly be a major setback for Enda Kenny if he loses the leadership of Fine Gael only a year after …Wed Jun 16 2010 - 01:00
Sailing into uncharted mineral waters to boycott Israel bravelyNEWTON'S OPTIC: THANK YOU, thank you for your kind applauseWed Jun 09 2010 - 01:00
When I hear the word culture, I reach for my BibleNEWTON'S OPTIC: AFTER LAST week’s row over creationism, Orangeism and Ulster-Scots history at the Ulster Museum, The Irish Times…Wed Jun 02 2010 - 01:00
Unionist 'let's be friends' pokes falling a bit flatNEWTON'S OPTIC: THE IRISH Times has obtained the following top-secret Facebook conversation on unionist unity, after Orange …Wed May 26 2010 - 01:00
Enforcing fairness tough when answerable to great evilNEWTON'S OPTIC: ‘IT’S BECAUSE you hate fairness!” I cried, unable to ignore the injustice any longerWed May 12 2010 - 01:00
There may be tough times ahead but at least we're scopingNEWTON'S OPTIC: WHAT ARE “scoping papers”? According to political sources, Green Party Minister of State Mary White has commissioned…Wed May 05 2010 - 01:00
Linger, cloud! Your silver lining can set us freeNEWTON'S OPTIC: COME, FRIENDLY ash drifting over Krakow. We are not fit for travel now. We need a chance to forget howWed Apr 21 2010 - 01:00
A wager too far for benevolent Lord Rock-GambleNEWTON'S OPTIC: ON THIS day in 1831: It is reported in the better papers that Lord Rock-Gamble of Cavan and Fermanagh has staked…Wed Apr 14 2010 - 01:00
Small-print provisos bite hand of insurer claiming for insuranceNEWTON'S OPTIC: Hear about the insurer who went to the State seeking adequate cover?Wed Apr 07 2010 - 01:00
Straws in the wind that Gerry didn't care any moreNEWTON'S OPTIC: SO THIS one time, right, we launched a machine gun attack on a Church of Ireland orphanage that was sheltering…Wed Mar 31 2010 - 01:00
Dupper clubs, the new dining experience for DUP votersNEWTON'S OPTIC: I AM standing on the doorstep of a house in Portadown about to take part in the dining experience du jour , …Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
Public sector action is nothing to get hung up aboutNEWTON'S OPTIC: HERE IN the UK, the spectre of union militancy was banished forever by Margaret Thatcher’s victory in the miners…Wed Mar 10 2010 - 00:00
Get off your Áras and win a big cash prizeNEWTON'S OPTIC: IT IS a great honour to learn that my name has been put forward for the Irish presidencyWed Feb 24 2010 - 00:00
It's political correctness that's gone a bit funnyNEWTON'S OPTIC: IN RESPONSE to the Irish jokes requested by England’s Centre for Social Cohesion, The Irish Times brings you…Wed Feb 17 2010 - 00:00
Conflict resolution package can be a brand leader worldwideNEWTON'S OPTIC: DO YOU represent a foreign government or UN agency? Would you like to apply the lessons of Northern Ireland’…Wed Feb 10 2010 - 00:00
For the sixth time, why have one quango when so many will do?NEWTON'S OPTIC: SIX SOCIAL housing units in Dublin were misallocated “but five of them would have been allocated anyway, so …Wed Feb 03 2010 - 00:00
No crossed wires over martyrs' memorial in EnniscorthyNEWTON'S OPTIC: THE PLAN by Enniscorthy Town Council to erect a memorial to the Edentubber bombers is entirely compatible with…Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
No crossed wires over martyrs' memorial in EnniscorthyNEWTON'S OPTIC: THE PLAN by Enniscorthy Town Council to erect a memorial to the Edentubber bombers is entirely compatible with…Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
Perversional Sinn Féin chief sets (stuck) record straightNEWTON'S OPTIC: THE IRISH TIMES put a series of questions to Gary Eves, President for Life of Perversional Sinn FéinWed Jan 20 2010 - 00:00
Perversional Sinn Féin chief sets (stuck) record straightNEWTON'S OPTIC: THE IRISH TIMES put a series of questions to Gary Eves, President for Life of Perversional Sinn FéinWed Jan 20 2010 - 00:00
Should a vacancy arise at the top, the DUP's got talent . . .NEWTON'S OPTIC: WHO ARE the front runners to succeed Peter Robinson as DUP leader, should a vacancy arise? The Irish Times takes…Wed Jan 13 2010 - 00:00
Should a vacancy arise at the top, the DUP's got talent . . .NEWTON'S OPTIC: WHO ARE the front runners to succeed Peter Robinson as DUP leader, should a vacancy arise? The Irish Times takes…Wed Jan 13 2010 - 00:00
A majestically soaring symbol of various metaphorsNEWTON'S OPTIC: DEVELOPERS, dignitaries and D-list celebrities are gathering in Belfast for the official opening of the Splurge…Wed Jan 06 2010 - 00:00
A majestically soaring symbol of various metaphorsNEWTON'S OPTIC: DEVELOPERS, dignitaries and D-list celebrities are gathering in Belfast for the official opening of the Splurge…Wed Jan 06 2010 - 00:00
Request in dealing with immature Nigerian millionaireNEWTON'S OPTIC: DEAREST SIR or Madam, I know you will be surprised to hear from me in the manner of this uninvited correspondence…Wed Dec 30 2009 - 00:00
How the name of a place can victimise all who hail from itNEWTON'S OPTIC: THE DAMAGE done to the good name of Listowel in recent days highlights the growing problem of placism in Irish…Wed Dec 23 2009 - 00:00
In defence of right to attack law of self-defenceNEWTON'S OPTIC: AS DIRECTOR of the Independent Campaign for Civil Liberties (ICCL) I find myself firmly opposed to revising …Wed Dec 16 2009 - 00:00
How to bring down public sector using the weapon of complaintNEWTON'S OPTIC: AS AN ordinary citizen, what are your options for a long and sustained campaign of resistance against the public…Wed Dec 09 2009 - 00:00
Let the movement's motto be: think globally, act tangentiallyNEWTON'S OPTIC: HACKERS HAVE uncovered the following e-mail exchange between two climatologists at the University of East Antrim…Wed Dec 02 2009 - 00:00
Wishy-washy frontline services agitate and organiseNEWTON'S OPTIC: TODAY’S PROTEST in Dublin by the so-called 24/7 Frontline Services Alliance is a major tactical and ideological…Wed Nov 11 2009 - 00:00
Call it a counter-intuitively convincing chronological conundrumNEWTON'S OPTIC: THE SMELL of onions hit me before I opened the front doorWed Nov 04 2009 - 00:00
Protestants surrendering their sense of superiorityNEWTON'S OPTIC: THERE’S NOT much of a Protestant ethos on display in the row over school fundingWed Oct 28 2009 - 00:00
Last quango in Belfast - never mind equality, feel the witNEWTON'S OPTIC: IT IS hard to believe, surveying the empty wasteland it is today, that south Belfast was once home to a thriving…Wed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
Welcome, detainees, to your rather familiar new homeNEWTON'S OPTIC: FÁILTE GO hÉirinn and welcome to IrelandWed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
Eight-module policing course tailored to a dictator's needsNEWTON'S OPTIC: THANK YOU for purchasing this eight- module course in progressive policing from NICOP, Northern Ireland’s leading…Wed Sept 23 2009 - 01:00
Taxing of children should be met with whoops of joyNEWTON'S OPTIC: OF ALL the myriad recommendations in the Commission on Taxation report, it is the proposal to introduce child…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
As bubbles burst, Lenihan stands and idly buysNEWTON'S OPTIC: IT WAS 2009, the start of that grim period in our history now referred to as “The Bubbles”Wed Sept 02 2009 - 01:00
Britain's terrorist healthcare system in need of radical reformNEWTON'S OPTIC: THE DISGRACEFUL release of the Lockerbie bomber is no more than we Americans have come to expect from Britain…Wed Aug 26 2009 - 01:00
Shuttlecock diplomacy called for in this badminton racquetNEWTON'S OPTIC: MO CHARA, mo readers, welcome to my first sports column for the World of the News since stepping down entirely…Wed Aug 12 2009 - 01:00
Nama-owned apartments need not be left lying idleNEWTON'S OPTIC: THE IRISH Times brings you this exclusive extract from 101 Uses for a Nama-owned Apartment, the novelty publishing…Wed Aug 05 2009 - 01:00
Genuine Sinn Féin community activist resigns himself to his fateNEWTON'S OPTIC: IT IS with deep sadness that I announce my resignation from the Sinn Féin group (Mad Dog Murphy Cumann) on West…Wed Jul 29 2009 - 01:00
Ahern's criminal bill must be judged by a jury of his peersNEWTON'S OPTIC: DO WE need the Criminal Dermot (Jehovah) Bill? This column considers all sides of the argument now dominating…Wed Jul 15 2009 - 01:00
You'll need to install a new system to stop the fuse blowingNEWTON'S OPTIC: A RESPONSE to all striking electricians from the Irish middle class: Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dearWed Jul 08 2009 - 01:00
Moonwalking Jacksonmen wanna be startin' somethin'NEWTON'S OPTIC: THOUSANDS OF men in Northern Ireland will pay tribute to Michael Jackson next week by donning white gloves and…Wed Jul 01 2009 - 01:00
North's new Environment Minister takes advice from aboveNEWTON'S OPTIC: IN THE beginning, DUP Assembly member Edwin Poots was Stormont culture minister.Wed Jun 24 2009 - 01:00
Lisbon in legally blinding - sorry - binding detailNEWTON'S OPTIC: A bluffers’ guide to the assurances that will accompany ratificationWed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Seaside tide turns to the left as reds crawl outfrom under the bedNEWTON'S OPTIC: THE POLL-TOPPING performance by Trotskyite Richard Boyd Barrett in the Dún Laoghaire council election is only…Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
