Last year The Irish Times was accused of misreporting news of secret meetings in 1969 between then chief executive, Major Thomas McDowell, and British diplomats. The paper said it had reported the available material when it was released in 2000. New evidence casts new light on the controversy. By Niall Meehan
I'd just finished reading some blurb about this chap Danny Wallace's new book, Yes Man, when my sister rang me. Apparently Danny had finally snapped out of a long period of social isolation and self-loathing by acquiescing to every "favour, request, suggestion and invitation", after allegedly meeting some old codger on the last bus home who sagely advised him to "Say Yes more". So he did, and his life turned around in all sorts of positive ways. Obviously a load of shite, but it's a great idea for a book, and it's selling by the truckload so good luck to him.
I understand that politicians are wont to put cronies and cupcakes on the payroll. I just wish they'd stop putting them on the Homeland Security payroll.
Highway 23 going south out of New Orleans was partially blocked last weekend. Just before the town of Port Sulphur the tidal surge which accompanied Hurricane Katrina had done its worst on the living and the dead. The 20 foot high wave demolished the town cemetery and gouged the caskets from the earth. One, off -pink and rusting, lay in the middle of one carriageway of the highway, a macabre landmark on the road to a town which no longer exists.
As we reported last week, we had emailed Eddie Hobbs our initial draft of our article concerning his handing of the finances of two clients of the Taylor Investment Group in 1993 and 1994. We invited his response to what we had written and we undertook to publish in full his reply.
There was a legal requirement on financial advisers to inform tax authorities. Eddie Hobbs says it was not his problem.
A jockey struggles with his weight in Health Squad; Jack shows the different directions in which our lives can turn and TG4 weighs in with two great short films. By Dermot Bolger
You'd think the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, at 8.15am on your average work morning would be finishing a toasted bagel, thinking of getting out of the old Bruce Springsteen t-shirt and boxers, marking his page of Plato, switching off Lyric FM, and getting in to the Department to maintain – or some might say establish – justice, equality and law reform.
Millions of words will be written about this year's events in the peace process in Ireland. Maybe millions of words have been written already. Certainly a million times that amount have been spoken. Sometimes in anger. Or with scepticism. Or disappointment.
It's amazing it took so long, but now a free-sheet for Dublin commuters is on the way. Metro will compete with daily papers and make a pretty profit for Associated Newspapers. Conor Brady reports