Category: CURRENT AFFAIRS
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Policy makers would do well to heed the old proverb
A column in defence of certain parts of the education system coming from this corner might seem strange given some of what’s gone on in the past. Extraordinary circumstances call for unusual things though. Simpler than that, when a passion is held for something, no matter what it be, when threat looms, the case for…
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A need to be careful with a special part of our culture
What constitutes an institution in this country? There was a time when the GAA and a certain other entity were foremost among them. A certain drink, the man whose name it carries recently having a day dedicated to him, would have to rank up there too. For those of us with farming in the blood…