Travelling hopefully
by Muriel Bolger
Modern travel has its ups and downs finds guest columnist Muriel Bolger, journalist and Irish travel writer of the year 2007
Opinions
Guest Columnists Archive
Saying ‘no’ can be positive
by Fiona Ellis
Learn to feel comfortable saying ‘no’ to new commitments and you will get back some of your busy time for yourself, writes Fiona Ellis
Mandatory retirement ‘obsolete’
by Senator Mary White
Senator Mary White, a campaigner against age discrimination, believes the current practice of forced retirement is totally unacceptable
Refusing to hit the bottle
by Nell McCafferty
Despite the government’s best attempts to thwart her, Nell McCafferty revels in the benefits of her new age. Why? Because she’s worth it, of course.
What is the reality behind ‘reality TV’ GAA? asks Nell McCafferty
by Nell McCafferty
Celebrity Bainisteoir, last year’s surprise smash-hit TV series, resumed on March 22. Eight obscure third league football clubs, representing their counties, are competing for the TV title of all-Ireland champions.
Yearning for home
by Des Kenny
What does it mean to emigrate? Des Kenny recalls his own brush with exile and takes us on a journey through Thomas Kenneally’s The Great Shame, the author’s acknowledged effort to lay the ghost of Irish emigration to rest.