Dai was sweating hard carrying the box up the hill, although it could not have been heavy. He kept it clasped close to his chest, leading the procession. Coming level with him, I saw it was not sweat but tears that were trickling down his cheeks.

How the US has restricted and distorted the definition of torture

The Abbey revives an Irish 'classic' by Lennox Robinson for the Christmas season. Colin Murphy wonders why

Swearing, drinking, stealing, mudslinging, fine backsides; Dermot Bolger came face to face with some real men on television this week

Pembroke Dock was a pretty bleak place last weekend. It was a six-hour journey from Dublin on Friday morning, 24 November, through snow and traffic to get there. Wales had almost ground to a halt that morning. A thick blanket of snow covered the whole country and Pembrokeshire was all but cut off for the first part of the day.

The man who hosts the drive-time show with the second biggest radio listenership in Dublin votes Fine Gael and laments for an Ireland of the past. Colin Murphy talks to George Hook about his difficult rise to fame through catering and rugby, his radio show and his views on modern Ireland

The linkages and similarities between Independent News and Media and Irish Ferries. By Colin Murphy, Emma Browne, John Byrne and Vincent Browne

Under a redundancies and outsourcing programme in 2004, Independent News and Media (INM) got rid of 205 staff from its operations in Dublin and outsourced a significant number of those jobs to companies based in Northern Ireland and in Clonakilty, county Cork.

20 October 2004

Dermot Bolger sees a tasty chef, some brave vets, a sinking Shamrock Rovers and Cork in flames on TV this week