MOSTLY, people age rapidly in office, but Bertie Ahern didn’t. The ageing has come with retirement: he’s whiter, fatter and sadder. The man who lived politics and needed no hinterland, finds himself bereft of meaning. The unknowable man, whose friends we
WITH one short, dismissive sentence, Leo Varadkar casually hammered the final nail into the biggest hope and dream that lurked in the heart of Bertie Ahern."Needless to say, that's not going ahead," remarked the minister at the launch of the new National
Just six months ago, Westlife pop star Nicky Byrne hopelessly tried to defend his father-in-law Bertie Ahern, claiming that only one protester had door-stepped his lavish 60th birthday bash last September.But that was before Mahon -- this is now.The publ
AS Ireland gets ready for Euro 2012 fever, the FAI yesterday confirmed that it would be joining its Scottish and Welsh counterparts in putting forward an expression of interest to host the 2020 renewal of the competition.It was a move that took everybody
BIG life must not dominate small life. Denis O'Brien and RTE demand my attention. But so do Posy and Dolly, my two terriers. Recently their right to run on Seapoint's long rocky strand in winter was being threatened by beach bullies.Dun Laoghaire Council
WHERE next for the dismal pilgrimage of Irish rugby? Our cup of failure is nowhere close to overflowing. Perhaps the Aviva stadium should be renamed the Pat Grace Famous Fried Chicken Stadium, to honour the former- franchisee who once set up as a rival t
Far from being a moneyspinner, the ill-fated project is still costing us, writes Daniel McConnellIt was originally to cost €30m. But so far it has cost €120m and rising. Conceived during the heady days of the boom, it was supposed to be a beacon, a shini
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