Last week I had never heard of a Hermes Kelly bag. I’m not sure my wife would take kindly to me spending €20,000 on such an accessory as a gift for her.

The presidential election is leisurely stumbling toward a conclusion as, to use a biblical reference, ‘the sheep’ (those deemed entitled to compete in the upcoming election) are being separated from ‘the goats’ (those deemed unworthy of competing ...

Now that we know who the candidates are, perhaps it is time to think about what we want from our next President. The role can be summarised into three areas.

The sudden death of Dr John Bradley last week has robbed the West of Ireland of one of its most powerful and brilliant advocates.

It has been a good year for apples; people who never had an apple, including myself, have apples this time. It will be a record tart and apple jelly season… and maybe some experimentation with brewing a drop of cider.

You may recall the article of September 4th, with justifiable pride, outlining the stellar achievements of Ballina native Dr Patrick McNamara as one of the world's leading neonatologists, a pioneer in the field of neonatal hemodynamics in premature ...

We live in strange times. While a permanent feature of life in every century and in every decade is to be convinced that ‘the world is in a terrible state’, there are times - and this surely is one of them - when that cliché makes absolute sense.

Standing slumped under an American flag hung from a lamp-post, the clown looked as if he had died inside. The scattered passersby ignored him and his forlorn bucket of balloons.

I very rarely intrude on the world of association football. It is not something that I know much about. I watch Irish teams. Football, rugby, men women, and will them to win.

I always think it’s not quite fair to refer to butterflies as insects. I see insects as creepy crawlies, dull in colour and having more legs than they need.