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- On psychoanalysing oneself
UPFRONT: MY VERY GOOD FRIEND is buying himself a drum kit. He hasn’t played drums in 20 years and lives in a house with two small children. I may not be an authority on child-rearing, but I think it’s safe to assume that Dr Benjamin Spock et al are not big on drum kits and little children being in close proximity.
Melanie Wright and Enda DolanMELANIE WRIGHT and Enda Dolan were married in a civil ceremony at BrookLodge Hotel in Macreddin, Co Wicklow on November 27th. They chose the venue after visiting a farmers’ market there a few years ago.
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Absurd spectacles: Bertie's love of an opening lives onPRESENT TENSE : THE SHOT of Bertie Ahern with a pair of 3D glasses was one of the pictures of the week. It had a dollop of absurdity and incongruity that made it hard to ignore, but it was about more than that because it aroused curiosity in some (“what’s Bertie Ahern doing now?”) and ire in others (“what’s Bertie Ahern doing now!?”).
- Has a whole generation of Irish workers forgotten how to strike?
AS THOUSANDS of public servants began industrial action in protest at pay cuts, most of them adopted a work-to-rule approach as recommended by the various unions involved. Yet given that many of the employees affected came of age in a time when industrial disputes were a rare occurrence, how clear is the work-to-rule edict? Has a generation of Irish workers forgotten how to strike? asks FIONA McCANN
Obituaries »
Republican who paved political path for Sinn FéinTomás Mac Giolla: TOMÁS MAC GIOLLA was a former TD and Dublin lord mayor who led a significant section of the republican movement into parliamentary politics.
Dedicated UN worker passionate about HaitiAndrew Grene: ANDREW GRENE, who has died aged 44, was a political affairs officer with the United Nations in Haiti. While working as special assistant to the head of the UN stabilisation mission in Haiti, Hédi Annabi, he was killed with 84 colleagues when the UN building in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, collapsed during last month’s earthquake.
