It's hard to take a full 360º turn without seeing a new football book or a photo of a metatarsal. Much has been made of the similarities between Paul Gascoigne and Wayne Rooney – a sobering thought for Rooney should he spend this summer's World Cup on the bench.
The Carlton site has been derelict for 27 years. In part because Dublin City Council inexplicably issued a compulsory purchase order on the site and then sought to deliver the site into the hands of a favoured developer. By Frank Connolly
The wild Irish salmon season is upon us. Darina Allen advises on how to recognise the best fish, and what to do when we get them home
Tony Hickey looks at the winners of the 2006 CBI Bisto Book of the Year Awards for Children's Literature
Alastair Campbell famously decreed that if a government politician featured in negative frontpage stories for more than a week, the greater good of government required him to walk the plank, regardless of the facts. Michael McDowell is now well past that line.
Despite a tumult of commentary demanding his resignation, the minister insists he has acted on the statutory rape issue with "good authority and courage" and time will vindicate his actions. He says he will not resign and you just know it is true. By John Waters
A new report lays bare the 'global spider's web' of collusion in US renditions and secret detention of 'war on terror' prisoners. Colin Murphy reports
On Friday (2 June) Pat Kenny accounted on his programme he was going to be away for the remainder of June, July and August. Seemingly, the start of the exodus from RTÉ of the main presenters, with changes to the schedules and formats. How anyone ever agreed to allow presenters the same time off work as teachers enjoy (hardly a coincidence!) is incomprehensible. What is the rationale for this?
Channel 4's trickery fails to impress, while RTÉ's retrospective on Ireland's economic boom is a timely revisit of old ground. By Dermot Bolger
A reverent approach to a tired classic. Colin Murphy sees Druid's production of The Year of the Hiker
Meet Tony. Tony operates on 86th Street between Park and Madison in New York. His real name is Carlos, but he changes it when he gets south of Spanish Harlem on his way to work. It's easier that way, smoother, more straightforward. It's got an easy ring to it. It trips off the tongue. Tony. As if his name alone acknowledges the fact that he becomes someone else everyday, refined, discreet, proper.