Opinion
- EU fails to think big with two such low-profile appointments
ANALYSIS: The EU has taken its great leap forward – by appointing to two key Lisbon Treaty positions two figures who are virtually unknown... - Formal study is needed of how TDs spend their time Oireachtas hearings on electoral reform may be putting the cart before the horse, writes NOEL WHELAN
- Senior civil servants' backing of strike deeply ironic Highly paid public workers colluded in a series of policy disasters that have bankrupted the country, writes STEPHEN COLLINS
- Finally facing up to issue of under-taxation Brian Lenihan this week signalled a willingness to reverse his party’s irresponsible policies, writes GARRET FITZGERALD
- Devolution set to pull further on Westminster Wales should wield greater power over its primary legislation, suggests a new report. PATRICK SMYTH has more...
- Bankers and developers robbed us more than Henry did We were robbed by the Hand of God, but we’ve got far more important matters to think about, writes BREDA O'BRIEN
- This week they said Quotes from the week just gone...
An Irishmans Diary
MY COLLEAGUE Brian O’Connor is right when he says (Opinion and Analysis, November 20th) that gamesmanship is “the nature of the sporting beast”. But if he will forgive me, there’s a certain irony in this coming from him. As racing correspondent, he covers a sport that involves actual beasts, whose commitment to fair play is never less than exemplary. In the many scandals that have hit racing, nobody has ever accused the horses of anything dodgy.Latest
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