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I THOUGHT it would be a good idea to dedicate an occasional column to books. We can return to Brexit, the Protocol and other such matters at another time.  They are political books, which may not surprise any of you. I am also conscious that these three are written by men. So lest I give you the wrong impression, let me make it clear that my reading activity is not limited to political books or to male authors. I binge-read, so Sebastian Barry’s ‘The Sacred Scripture’, and Billy Connolly’s ‘Windswept and Interesting’ are also on the go along with Sylvie Simmons ‘I’m Your Manâ...

I thought it would be a good idea to dedicate an occasional column to books. We can return to Brexit, the Protocol, and other such matters at anoth...

A portrait of Vicky Phelan by Irish visual artist Paul MacCormaic has been announced as among the entries for this year's Royal Hibernian (RHA) exhibit.

Given the multitude of Longford men and women who lived and worked in London, it is not surprising that many of them played a part in Republican activity in the...

HERE are two photographs. One is of a school. Totally destroyed. Levelled. Classrooms reduced to rubble. The work of students scattered across the ground. The other is of a hospital. Mickey and Minnie Mouse and other favourite Disney characters look down over floors strewn with the flotsam of war. Life-saving equipment destroyed. Walls and floors shattered by shrapnel. Both buildings were the target of rockets indiscriminately fired at civilian targets. Had these images been taken in Ukraine and resulted from attacks by Russian war planes or rockets the international media would have plastere...