Theatre, film, galleries and restaurants

ONE OF THE nicest ways to begin a holiday is sitting down to the palatial buffet which they serve on Irish Continental Lines' two ferries from Rosslare to Le Havre or Cherbourg. The food is excellent, the setting ideal as, with any luck at all, the sun reflects off a flat calm sea through the seascape-hugging windows. By Howard Kinlay

Jennifer Johnson reviews 'A Singer at the Wedding' by Bruce Arnold. Hamish Hamilton. £4.95

Terry Madison writes from Auckland on the Coghlan/Walker clashes.

THE RESIGNATION of Tom Roche as an executive director from the board of Cement Roadstone Holdings marks the end of the story of 'how one man built up' Ireland's largest industrial enterprise from nothing. Roche was' a tough man but of course, he had to be to achieve what he did. That he has not lost: any of his ceaseless drive and enterprise is evident from' the many business activities he is now deeply involved in, the most notorious being Bula and, the most unusual being his plan to ,build a private enterprise bridge across the Liffey. By TOM ANDERSON

Guinness, Irish Steel, the Sunday World and Tony O'Reilly, the IDA, and the stock exchange

IN A SENSE George Colley was born into politics - though not into one of the founding dynasties. His father, Harry Colley, had been in the Volunnteers from 1913 and fought in 1916 when he was wounded and left for dead. He was interned, first in the Castle Hospital and later at Frongoch. He became adju-tant in the Dublin Brigade of the IRA and took the Reepublican side in the Civil War during which he was jailed. He was a founder member of Fianna Fail although he only stood for the Dail for the first time in 1943. By Maurice Manning

Betty Purcell analyses the development of the fishing industry and the current EEC fishing controversy

There was a 5.72% swing* to Fianna Fail in the June election, but their majority is dependent on their performance in Government, writes Richard Sinnott.

ISSUED ON OCTOBER 28, 1975:

A central aim of Fainna Fail policy is to secure by peaceful means, the unity and independence of Ireland as a democratic Republic. We totally reject the use of force as a means of achieving this aim.