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'We all need to document our memories'

'We all need to document our memories'

Sun, 22 Dec, 2024

Orla Bakeberg is on a mission to inspire. Dublin-born Orla moved to South Africa with her parents at a young age and that’s where her highly successful business journey began.
American public finds common cause with a cold-blooded killer

American public finds common cause with a cold-blooded killer

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

The assassination of Brian Thompson, the powerful CEO of UnitedHealthcare, has shocked corporate America.
The battered flag and the Mayos abroad

The battered flag and the Mayos abroad

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

My poor battered Palestinian flag, flying at Chez Loftus for this past year, in solidarity with the battered, broken people of the Gaza Strip is, as can be seen from the photo, in bad shape.
Ireland in the 1980s was not the dark ages

Ireland in the 1980s was not the dark ages

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

It’s not news anymore that religion, particularly the Catholic religion, is now either no news or bad news. That’s obvious in both the general and the particular.
A modern tale of darkness and digital detox

A modern tale of darkness and digital detox

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024

In the wake of Storm Darragh's furious assault on our Emerald Isle, thousands of households found themselves thrust into an involuntary experiment in time travel, catapulted back to an era before the digital umbilical cord tethered us to our ...
Why do Mayo people vote the way they do?

Why do Mayo people vote the way they do?

Wed, 18 Dec, 2024

You couldn’t move on social media on the weekend of the election for people decrying why so many voters were voting for ‘more of the same’.
It will take time to build a lasting coalition

It will take time to build a lasting coalition

Wed, 18 Dec, 2024

Sure the election is over for ages now, they say. Inasmuch as people are still talking about politics, the talk you hear is that the result was clear.
Voter apathy is an issue on both sides of the Atlantic

Voter apathy is an issue on both sides of the Atlantic

Sun, 15 Dec, 2024

Art O’Leary, the chief executive of the Electoral Commission, has just publicly admitted that the Irish electoral register could be inflated by as much as 500,000 names through duplication or through not removing people who have died.
The glories of Rome are better left in the past

The glories of Rome are better left in the past

Sun, 15 Dec, 2024

After months of waiting and expectation, the long-awaited sequel to Gladiator arrived at my local cinema. I was characteristically early, too early, enduring the 20 minutes of adverts by gorging on my supply of popcorn and coke.
There is too much misuse of our national flag

There is too much misuse of our national flag

Sun, 15 Dec, 2024

First things first. The Irish flag is not a rag to be wrapped around the shoulders of individuals of the far right (mainly) or indeed protestors of whatever colour or clique who wish to challenge the current order, not to mention the law of the land.
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