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"For some reason so many of the memories I call to mind of my father are sports related, and he wasn't a big sports man. He didn't even own a pair of runne...
It is about 52 years since Dick Hogan co-founded Topic Newspapers. The first edition appeared in shops in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, in November 1971. Hogan, alon
From cub reporting to finding the love of my life: a look back on 40 years at the Leader Henry Bauress, who retired on February 8 after four decades in journalism, reflects on his career Reporter: '); XX Earlier this month, I formally hung up my boots on full-time paid journalism, most of it with the Leinster Leader newspaper. I write that carefully because curiosity and a love of writing are in the blood and will continue to be so in the period I will loosely call ‘retirement’. The opportunity and expectation that I would not have to wear a shirt and tie was not low on my priorities as ...