Comment & Opinion

EDITORIAL Disappointment abounds after Mayo underperform on big day

COMMENT John Healy on two Mayo heritage groups’ participation in the Daoine agus Áit project for Heritage Week

OPINION In her On the Edge column, Áine Ryan takes a dim view of the latest silly errors of judgement by politicians in high places

COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty pays tribute to the late Sr Ethel Normoyle, whose founded the Mission Vale Centre in South Africa

OPINION Economist John Bradley on John Healy’s ‘Death of an Irish Town’ and the persistence of the urban/rural divide

EDITORIAL It’s such a pity that Croke Park will be only half full, but the atmosphere will still undoubtedly be electric