Opinion
- Kenny coming across as deft and back in control ANALYSIS: AS THE dust began to settle after George Lee’s spectacular exit from the Dáil, some Fine Gael TDs dared to hope that the former Dublin South TD may actually have done Enda Kenny a favour by bringing the leadership question to a head at this stage in the life of the 30th Dáil, writes STEPHEN COLLINS
- Weaving libel into a straitjacket for UK press ANALYSIS: Given the frequently outrageous behaviour of the British tabloids, it would be easy to forget that press freedom in the UK is coming increasingly under threat, writes MARK HENNESSY
- Lee back in creche as politicians tough it out George Lee’s immature political career has a bright side – it points up the toughness and patience of politicians who do stick it out
- Dilemma for Lee was he had nothing much to say George Lee’s problem was not the lack of a platform or a role – it was the absence of a political philosophy, writes VINCENT BROWNE
- Conflict resolution package can be a brand leader worldwide NEWTON'S OPTIC: DO YOU represent a foreign government or UN agency? Would you like to apply the lessons of Northern Ireland’s new Hillsborough Agreement to other conflict situations? Can you say “mainstreaming consociational de-escalation” in one real, one dead and one made-up language? Are you authorised to sign cheques?
- Victory that sparked renaissance of Irish rugby FEBRUARY 10TH, 1964: “Greatest Irish Victory on English Soil”, the headline on this date in 1964 said of Ireland’s 18-5 rugby victory over England at Twickenham, a game also notable for the first appearance in the Irish team of Mike Gibson, one of the game’s greatest centres who went on to play a further 68 times for Ireland. Paul MacWeeney described Gibson’s debut in this extract from his match report.
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