Archive for the ‘To Be Honest With You’ Category
Railing against the machine: a campaigner’s inside line
Doctor Mark Gleeson, who quickly professed his South Tipperary roots when meeting this columnist in Dublin recently, is a mind of rail-related information.
A Carrick nun’s eight decades in the habit
A hale and hearty 99, Sr Vincent has lived and seen what few alive today have personally witnessed.
Military service would curb reckless youth
A chat with Bill Cullen last year came to mind when CCTV stills of an altercation between young men in a city suburb landed on the news desk last Thursday.
Wexford Senator misfires on Brian Lenihan’s address
From what I recall from Leaving Certificate History, the Irish Civil War effectively ended when Liam Lynch was gunned down by Free State soldiers in the Knockmealdown Mountains on April 10th 1923.
Design of the times in a changing city
Exactly one year ago, an air of revulsion filled City Hall when ‘The Throne’ – a 20-feet high stainless steel barstool, was proposed as a public art installation for Grattan Quay.
Cystic Fibrosis patients’ ongoing fight for justice
In December 2005, Fiddown man Noel Walsh met Health Minister Mary Harney to discuss the alarmingly prevalent levels of the MRSA superbug in Irish hospitals.
The hopes and frustrations of Tramore’s youngest Councillor
Think Tramore. What springs to mind? The Metal Man, The Prom, The Doneraile, the sand hills, the Back Strand, the Racecourse, The Guillamene – the list goes on.