Comment & Opinion

John Healy unearthed the legend of Bob of the Reek during a browse of the National Schools Folklore – or did he?

Áine Ryan argues that juvenile and trite reactions to real worries about erosion on Croagh Patrick should be reexamined

‘How has Europe, a ‘community of equals’, withered to become a wasteland of economic savagery?’ asks Liamy McNally

John Healy laments the ‘corporate three-card trickery’ that saw Clerys close and its employees discarded like scrap

Science is desperately trying to keep up with the cheaters, but the dopers appear to be ten steps ahead, writes George Hook

‘As a teenager I was turned off saints. The holy pictures of my childhood depressed me,’ writes Fr Kevin Hegarty