Technology used in the trial of Wayne O'Donahgue is 'a very dangerous test.' By Colin Murphy

Lance Morrow explores two books' attempts to find a definitive answer to the question over the use of torture

I must say it's been a little strange this past month to find myself writing again after all these years for a publication in which "right-wing" is used without irony as a term of abuse. (Although I suspect I myself have been described as such in these columns from time to time, I don't feel any more comfortable answering to the description "right-wing' than I would anymore to "left-wing".) By "The Chorus" I mean, broadly, the media, but not simply that.

Dick Marty has produced an interim report on allegations of CIA rendition flights and secret prisons in Europe. Now the Irish Government – and their European counterparts – have detailed questions to answer. Colin Murphy reports

Secret services:

 Welcome to Ryan's world – a world which is self absorbed, a place where the main occupant likes listen...

The organic movement in Ireland has lost its main protagonist with the death of David Storey on 20 January, 2006. Be...

Dermot Bolger stays up late into the night to see what the current RTÉ schedule has to offer

Donald Mahoney previews the inaugural Temple Bar Trad Festival, and wonders if it will help to improve the area's 'identity crisis', moving it one step closer to the cultural quarter it wants to be

There has been a remarkable silence this past week from those normally so vocal concerning the sensitivities of Travellers.