Haughey was entitled to privacy in Keane affairFor most of the 27 years that Charles Haughey and Terry Keane had a relationship, I was aware of that relationship, certainly…Wed Jun 02 1999 - 01:00
Gay Byrne's departure marks end of unique eraThe gigantic biography of Enoch Powell, Like The Roman by Simon Heffer, ends with that famous quotation of Powell on the fate…Wed May 26 1999 - 01:00
Can trivial peccadilloes hide bigger picture?King David was another who was traduced in his lifetime. There was then, too, a failure to see the grander pictureWed May 19 1999 - 01:00
Perpetrators of Dublin bombings still evade justiceMalachy, my younger brother, was a medical student at Trinity in May 1974Wed May 12 1999 - 01:00
Trivialities of Sheedy distract from real crisesYesterday morning, while standing at a traffic light in Dame Street, Dublin, a fellow pedestrian turned to me and, in what I …Wed May 05 1999 - 01:00
Time to forget Sheedy and address real problemsDoes anybody now remember the Anthony Duncan crisis? The crisis that almost brought down a governmentWed Apr 28 1999 - 01:00
Similarity of verdicts on different acts absurdThe Chief Justice, Mr Liam Hamilton, in his report on the Sheedy affair, concluded that even though what Mr Justice Hugh O'Flaherty…Wed Apr 21 1999 - 01:00
Sheedy case whips a tremble in a teacup into a crisisBefore the report of the Chief Justice, Mr Justice Hamilton, on the Sheedy affair is published, it might be useful to be reminded…Wed Apr 14 1999 - 01:00
Adams might yet set right what has gone badly wrongThe Hillsborough declaration of last Thursday has the potential to destroy the Belfast Agreement and convince militant republicans…Wed Apr 07 1999 - 01:00
Lawlessness now being unleashed by NATOLast Wednesday night, as hundreds of NATO bombs rained down on Yugoslavia, President Clinton went on US television to explain…Wed Mar 31 1999 - 01:00
If Clinton attacks Yugoslavia it's illegalLast Friday President Clinton said: "Make no mistake, if we and our allies do not have the will to act [against Yugoslavia over…Wed Mar 24 1999 - 00:00
Impasse in North cannot be allowed to persistIn July 1971 Brian Faulkner, then prime minister of Northern Ireland, announced a political initiative that was greeted with …Wed Mar 17 1999 - 00:00
Two issues that show us how the media are debasedTwo stories given prominence last week show the scale of the debasement of media standards in reporting current affairsWed Mar 10 1999 - 00:00
Not merely individuals but parties are for saleThose of us who pursued Charles Haughey over several years about the sources of his wealth missed the pointWed Mar 03 1999 - 00:00
When the taxpayer rescued the AIB `big boys'This morning a tale concerning AIB and two of its Key Business Influencers (KBIs), Garret FitzGerald and Charles Haughey.Wed Feb 24 1999 - 00:00
Questions for Ahern that should not be left to tribunalsIn Cork on Sunday night Desmond O'Malley laid down a marker for the survival of the GovernmentWed Feb 17 1999 - 00:00
Report on churning at Irish Life simply will not doOne of Mary Harney's few remaining claims to political relevance is that as Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise and Employment…Wed Feb 10 1999 - 00:00
Why can't Fianna Fail money men tell what they know?Sean Fleming is hardly a household name - yetWed Feb 03 1999 - 00:00
Where have all the monies gone?In the course of the 1987 and 1989 general election campaigns there was a series of rows within Fianna Fail between party fundraisers…Wed Jan 27 1999 - 00:00
Formidable, Mr Gogarty, absolutely formidableIn the space of a few minutes of riveting evidence yesterday morning, James Gogarty rescued the planning tribunal from what seemed…Wed Jan 20 1999 - 00:00
Double standards of Clinton's accuserHenry Hyde is to be Bill Clinton's chief accuser in the Senate trial about to beginWed Jan 13 1999 - 00:00
Africa's faraway and almost forgotten carnageSince Christmas Day the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) has intensifiedWed Jan 06 1999 - 00:00
What has Haughey done to deserve disgrace?Charles Haughey beamed from the front page of the Irish Independent on Monday, photographed at Leopardstown Races on Sunday with…Wed Dec 30 1998 - 00:00
Air strikes driven by dysfunction in AmericaThat the world's remaining superpower, in conjunction with its super-fan, should unilaterally wage war on a people whose leader…Wed Dec 23 1998 - 00:00
Acts of good authority in unionist community requiredIn his laureate speech in Oslo last Thursday, David Trimble quoted Eoghan Harris as writing that the best way forward for democrats…Wed Dec 16 1998 - 00:00
Guerin murder was not attack on pressI return again to the judgment of the Special Criminal Court in the Paul Ward caseWed Dec 09 1998 - 00:00
Poor still awaiting `dynamic' to end povertyLast Sunday Bertie Ahern spoke of "an irresistible dynamic" towards a united IrelandWed Nov 25 1998 - 00:00
Sinn Fein manifestly failed in its talks objectiveRobert McCartney enjoys the advantage of being candid. UsuallyWed Nov 18 1998 - 00:00
Irish Life: questions to be askedFour months ago evidence emerged that the State's main insurance company, Irish Life, had engaged in a multi-million-pound rip…Wed Nov 11 1998 - 00:00
Trimble has no place in 1998 Nobel pantheonSomeone described him as the Mother Teresa of economicsWed Nov 04 1998 - 00:00
Softly, softly for AIB but threats for the rest of usThe Revenue Commissioners are running a radio advertisement warning self-employed people to pay their preliminary tax by November…Wed Oct 28 1998 - 00:00
Grannies the cause of fuss over taxIn 1991 a priest in a Co Limerick village suffered great embarrassmentWed Oct 21 1998 - 01:00
Why wasn't AIB required to pay in full?A meeting took place on February 13th, 1991, between Mr Jimmy O'Mahony, the AIB Group Taxation Manager, Ms Deirdre Fullen, also…Wed Oct 14 1998 - 01:00
A tale of two politicians with a taste for large humble piesToday, a tale of two frazzled men and two large humble piesWed Oct 07 1998 - 01:00
Answers to allegations should not have to wait until reportThere is an allegation by a Mr Tom Gilmartin now in the public domain that Fianna Fail sought a massive bribe in return for its…Wed Sept 30 1998 - 01:00
Lack of will to end road deaths seen in strategySo far this year there have been the equivalent of 12 Omagh-scale massacres in this countryWed Sept 23 1998 - 01:00
Did Labour really make a hell of a difference?Before he had ever met Dick Spring, Fergus Finlay knew Dick Spring's mind, what he wanted and how he wanted to say what he wanted…Wed Sept 16 1998 - 01:00
Reaction to Omagh puts citizens under threatBertie Ahern was stretching it yesterday in claiming that the new anti-terrorist legislation, passed into law last week, forced…Wed Sept 09 1998 - 01:00
New security Bill gives too much power to the GardaThe Offences against the State (Amendment) Bill 1998 is an awful piece of legislationWed Sept 02 1998 - 01:00
Should McKevitt and Clinton buddy-up in Kerry?I don't know whether Mickey McKevitt plays a round of golf and whether, if he does, he is a links man or a course manWed Aug 26 1998 - 01:00
`Real' republicans and the doctrine of double effectIt was the stillness of the main street in Omagh that was most striking on Monday eveningWed Aug 19 1998 - 01:00
Gypsies from Romania are real political refugeesThere was not just one holocaust during the Nazi era. There were severalWed Aug 12 1998 - 01:00
World crises put on hold as Clinton's sex life takes priority in USThe entire world has a vested interest in what happens to and within the United StatesWed Aug 05 1998 - 01:00
Destinies dictated by the lottery of lifeIn Ireland on Sunday last week there was a nice fluffy feature headed "They're young, rich and glamorous, and they are growing…Wed Jul 29 1998 - 01:00
Church is accused on Rwandan genocidePope John Paul II has recently sought an "examination of conscience" by the Catholic Church over its role in the genocide of …Wed Jul 22 1998 - 01:00
Spurred by rhetoric in defence of OrangeismOn Monday, June 29th, the Northern Ireland Parades Commission announced its decision to restrict the Drumcree Orange parade by…Wed Jul 15 1998 - 01:00
Opposition keeping a suspicious silence on FF funding methodsThe revelation that Fianna Fail received funding from companies by methods which were legally questionable and may even have …Wed Jul 08 1998 - 01:00
Was fair play at a premium at Irish Life?The case against Irish Life is very simpleWed Jul 01 1998 - 01:00
A `linkage' that spells trouble for the NorthThere is trouble ahead in Northern Ireland. Maybe even a reversion to the IRA's "armed struggle" for a whileWed Jun 24 1998 - 01:00
On the trail of receipts in the Ray Burke sagaThere is much, much more to the story of the Fitzwilton transfer to Ray Burke of the £30,000 cheque made payable to cash in June…Wed Jun 17 1998 - 01:00
