Back in 1994, £50,000 would buy you a house.  Not a swish house in a fancy area, it's true, but a good house nonetheless, in a solid, decent neighbourhood. The [...]

Forget Northern Rock.  That's all smoke and mirrors.  All about consumer confidence and talking the economy up or down or sideways Remember instead Aer Lingus and Shannon.  Remember these people [...]

This is a real clip. Colm Meaney got it past the American censors. =============================

The phone rang.  It was Limehouse Dick, and he was worried.  I could hear him sweating. Northern Rock, he said.  They're in trouble. Yes, I said. I know.  In fact [...]

I see Alan Greenspan reckons the Iraq war is all about oil. I see.  Would that be Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, and not some other Alan [...]

Much was made during the week about Kate and Gerry McCann being named as arguidos, or official suspects. Before that, you might recall, the Portuguese police declared a totally innocent [...]

Macdara has raised an interesting point, and one that I know people are divided on. He wants to know what flag the Irish rugby team carry.  By extension, I think [...]

Knock! Knock! Who's there? Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang! Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang who? Police! Story here

Did anyone watch that tonight?  Hmm? Did you see it?  Did you see that?  Did you watch that piece of shit? Well, punk?  Did ya? Was that, or was it [...]

They've arrested the Pope, muttered Gonad the Ballbearian. What's that?  I looked up from my escritoire and removed my meerschaum.  The devil you say! The Pope, he said.  You know.  [...]