The railway station used in the iconic 1952 movie ‘The Quiet Man’, starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, is under threat and may collapse. Castletown Station, as seen in ‘The Quiet Man’ Following on from the news that the pub … Continue reading Quiet Man Railway Station Could Collapse
The row that has erupted about the development of the new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) takes the Irish appetite for scandal to new depths. The Religious Orders in Ireland are currently in a sense of heightened vigilance to criticism. They … Continue reading Opinion: National Maternity Hospital Debacle Beggars Belief
The redress scheme to compensate victims of clerical abuse that have been identified on foot of the Ryan Commission has so far cost over 1.5 Billion Euro. Of that amount some 6% has been contributed by the religious orders, despite … Continue reading Pressure Mounts on Catholic Church to Compensate its Victims
EASTER 1916 REMEMBERED? The primary cultural event in Ireland in 2016 was the remembrance of the Easter Rising in 1916, when a band of rebels took on the might of the British Empire, setting in motion a sequence that would … Continue reading State of the Irish Nation 2017
‘A National Treasure’ ‘One of the Architects of Modern Ireland’ ‘As fine an Irishman as there has been’ The plaudits continue to arrive in tribute to TK Whitaker who was easily the most influential civil servant in the history of … Continue reading The Legacy of the Legendary TK Whitaker
The combination of a very weak and likely short-term Government and an improving economy has led to that most volatile of political situations: Strikes in the Public Service. It is startling the degree to which some sections of the Civil … Continue reading Opinion: Some Striking Public Servants Need To Get Real While Others Deserve A Big Pay Raise
In another boost for the Irish Tourist industry Skellig Island and the Skellig Ring have been named among the top ten places in the world to visit by the well-regarded travel website ‘Lonely Planet’. The remote County Kerry location can … Continue reading Skellig Island Among World’s Best Places To Visit