Peter Sheridan
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Border policing: Law and disorder in the land of omerta
- Crime & Law
- November 15, 2019, 16:30
Det Insp Pat Marry’s cross-Border investigation began with the discovery of a burning Volkswagen Golf at Ravensdale Forest Park in Co Louth, on the ni(...)

Co-ordinated cross-Border policing needed to tackle QIH attacks – ex-NI chiefs
- Crime & Law
- November 8, 2019, 02:48
Two of Northern Ireland’s former top police officers have rejected the idea of a cross-Border agency to catch those responsible for the torture of Qui(...)

Shay Linehan obituary: A gifted adaptor of Maeve Binchy for the stage
- People
- June 29, 2019, 05:07
Born: June 26th, 1954 Died: June 20th, 2019 Shay Linehan, who has died aged 64, led a double life, in the best sense of that term. A dramatist of con(...)

Light A Penny Candle review: Binchy deserves better, but it will be a success
- Stage
- April 18, 2019, 12:37
LIGHT A PENNY CANDLE Everyman Theatre, Co Cork ★★☆☆☆ From this adaptation of Maeve Binchy’s novel, it is unfair that the most honest of writers will (...)

Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister
- Stage
- January 7, 2019, 16:16
More than 300 actors, directors, designers, agents and playwrights have complained to the Minister for Culture about the Abbey Theatre’s recently adop(...)

An ordinary bloke with many talents: Remembering Jer O’Leary
- Social Affairs
- January 3, 2019, 16:16
Actor, activist, artist, raconteur, orator, and trade unionist Jer O’Leary (73), who died in Dublin on St Stephen’s Day, had a favourite quotation: “I(...)

Frank McDonald’s memoir takes on politicians, Catholicism and ‘The Irish Times’
- Books
- October 27, 2018, 06:10
“There is no use pretending that Frank McDonald is aiming at a judicial and dispassionate tone. He is not. He is in a rage,” said Maurice Craig of McD(...)

No plans for the bank holiday and Halloween? You need to read this
- Culture
- October 25, 2018, 14:20
The final bank-holiday weekend before we give up the ghost for the year has, happily, plenty of ghostcentric events – and a whole lot more besides, ri(...)

First Look: Is Dublin’s newest tourist attraction any good?
- Ireland
- October 23, 2018
The students from the south Dublin school shriek with delight as their teacher is hauled before a tired and emotional judge and accused of singing exc(...)

Gardaí 'not immune' to IRA infiltration says ex-senior PSNI officer
- Crime & Law
- June 27, 2018, 10:13
To suggest An Garda Síochána was “immune” from infiltration by the IRA is “fundamentally wrong”, retired PSNI assistant chief constable Andrew McQuill(...)