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• I am a big believer in active citizenship and in citizens having a voice and being listened to.

  Created: Tuesday, 22 September 2009 12:24

  I am a great supporter of the Lisbon Treaty. Europe has been good for Ireland and it continues to make a difference every day in the lives of ordinary citizens. ...

• Thunder and lightning? Play away!

  Created: Monday, 14 September 2009 19:21

  The ‘thunder and lightning final’ of 1939 has gone down as one of the greatest in hurling history. ...

• The Western Rail Corridor

  Created: Monday, 14 September 2009 19:20

  Micheál Mac Gréil makes the case for continuing capital investment in the Western Rail Corridor. ...

• On the road to God knows where – by bus

  Created: Tuesday, 08 September 2009 12:41

  I boarded the bus, got a ticket to Castlebar, and was asked by the driver: “Do you know the way?” ...

• Mayo’s last old-style political rally

  Created: Tuesday, 08 September 2009 12:36

  Fianna Fáil supporters may find it instructive to take a close look at Japanese politics today. ...

• No to Lisbon, says Anthony Coughlan

  Created: Tuesday, 08 September 2009 12:35

  How can it be in our interest to vote for a Treaty which would give Germany 20 times Ireland's vote? ...

• Edward Kennedy

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2009 20:03

  Chappaquiddick. It is the asterisk that will follow all of the late Ted Kennedy’s fine achievements. ...

• The dark side of Camelot

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2009 20:02

  What happened in Chappaquiddick ensured that Ted Kennedy would never be President of the US. ...

• Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2009 20:01

  “I have just have to text me husband,” a 12-year-old girl said in a Dublin shop last week. ...

• Be very wary of conventional wisdom

  Created: Monday, 31 August 2009 20:01

  “Never stop being foolish,” Apple founder Steve Jobs told a group of college students. ...

• Getting back on top

  Created: Monday, 24 August 2009 19:39

  It’s two months since last we heard from The Woman Who Intends To Stay In The Game ...

• Cooking with Coke, married to a doll

  Created: Monday, 24 August 2009 19:38

  On a recent trip to the US, I saw a man on ‘The Jerry Springer Show’ get married to a doll. ...

• The Ryan Report

  Created: Monday, 24 August 2009 19:38

  The Ryan report is a source of profound shame to the state and the Catholic Church. ...

• Going to the gym

  Created: Monday, 24 August 2009 19:37

  Imagine if you were a time-traveller or an alien from Jupiter or Mars and you walked into a gym. ...

• Listening out in The Big Apple

  Created: Monday, 17 August 2009 18:03

  The sight, last Saturday, of a naked man washing himself in a river slap bang in the middle of one of Mayo’s major towns was the most bizarre moment of my year. ...

• Eunice Kennedy Shriver spent most of her life seeking to remove the stigma of retardation

  Created: Monday, 17 August 2009 18:00

  “Eunice was galvanised into action by her sister's experience. She persuaded her parents to reveal Rosemary's condition to the public as a first step in seeking to remove the social stigma of retardation.” ...

• “‘Not too bad’! What a negative response when you stand back and think about it

  Created: Monday, 17 August 2009 17:59

  A CHAT with a few people just home from travelling the world last week reminded me of some of my own perspectives after returning home nine months ago. They all missed the heat and novelty of Australia or South East Asia or South America or wherever thei...

• Serial killers, soaps and sound bytes

  Created: Tuesday, 11 August 2009 11:54

  “I know friends who need to see just two minutes of the fantastically terrible Sunset Beach to know what was going on” ...

• Being indifferent to the contribution that the elderly can continue to make to our society is a los

  Created: Tuesday, 11 August 2009 11:50

  As life expectancy has increased significantly in recent years the reality of old age has become a bit of a taboo subject ...

• “European funding has been crucial to the development of Ireland’s education system

  Created: Tuesday, 11 August 2009 11:48

  The Minister for Education, Batt O’Keeffe believes a ‘Yes’ vote to Lisbon will lead to better support for education ...