Denial is the secret ingredient in modern lives of convenienceNo wonder the fast diets are doing so wellMon Jan 21 2013 - 00:00
Fantasy land of journalistic and political decencyI find on my return from America that the weather is chilly, that potato ricers are popular and that Borgen has this country – …Mon Jan 14 2013 - 00:00
It's a dog's life, Lassie, but not as we know itThere are strong grounds for asserting that the dog situation in parts of the United States is now out of handMon Jan 07 2013 - 00:00
San Francisco takes small steps towards big idea of gun controlMayor Edwin M Lee is a small grey man with a blinding smile when he uses itMon Dec 24 2012 - 00:00
A Christmas wonderland to keep children safe from harmIn San Francisco going to The Nutcracker has been a Christmas tradition since the 1940sMon Dec 17 2012 - 00:00
San Francisco refuses to turn the other cheek on public nudityWell, public nudity has been banned in San FranciscoMon Nov 26 2012 - 00:00
Americans left agog at confused cruelty of Irish abortion lawA slightly strained week, which was spent trying to explain to Americans here in San Francisco how it is that healthy young women…Mon Nov 19 2012 - 00:00
'Most Republicans in San Francisco wouldn't say it'Charlie Vela was sitting in his huge truck outside the Louise M Davies Symphony Hall yesterday morning, planning to vote at 5pm…Wed Nov 07 2012 - 00:00
Democrats narrow the odds in RenoBarbara Halen is a Republican supporter in Reno, Nevada, where election campaigning was intense over the weekendMon Nov 05 2012 - 00:00
In the midst of elections and death the parade of life continuesLast Friday morning was a very busy one in San Francisco, and very little of the discernible activity had anything to do with…Mon Nov 05 2012 - 00:00
Electronic payment company to create 120 jobs in DroghedaTHE US electronic payment company Yapstone will establish its European headquarters in Drogheda, Co Louth, creating 120 jobs …Thu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
YapStone to create 120 jobsSome 120 jobs are to be created in Drogheda with the establishment of a new headquarters by US rental payments company YapStone…Thu Oct 25 2012 - 01:00
Celebrating life and death of a US patriotIT IS not generally acknowledged – even by themselves – that Americans do formality very wellMon Oct 22 2012 - 01:00
The man who went too far on a streetcar‘HERE COMES James Brown, man. Here he is, James BrownMon Oct 15 2012 - 01:00
Obama honours late Hispanic heroThe president needs the Hispanic vote, and it seems that he almost certainly has itWed Oct 10 2012 - 01:00
Taste tyranny proves San Francisco stereotypesSTEREOTYPES ARE slippery things. Take your average San Francisco yoga class, for exampleMon Oct 08 2012 - 01:00
Echoes of home on streets of San FranciscoEmigrants both recent and of longer standing gravitated to bars in the US city to watch the All-Ireland football finalMon Oct 01 2012 - 01:00
Aung San Suu Kyi awarded freedom of San FranciscoIT WAS billed as a community meeting, and that is exactly what it wasMon Oct 01 2012 - 01:00
Why do we all measure out our lives in pointless CVs?THE CV is going through interesting times, but of course without being specific about any datesMon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Obsession with Kate's body is a strictly female disorderWhatever you feel about royal displays of flesh, our attitudes to public nudity reveal a lot about usMon Sept 17 2012 - 01:00
A nation poised on the cusp of procrastinationIreland could be the world centre of procrastination but are we willing to put in the work?Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Pakistani girl's arrest for blasphemy has echoes hereIn Ireland we’re familiar with shameless political posturing taking place around so-called religious moralityMon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Farewell to the comic oddity that was Phyllis DillerA long career took her to the age of 95. Behind the jokes and stage presence was a lot of personal sadnessMon Aug 27 2012 - 01:00
Seeing through stereotype of Ian Brady's last victimDespite a life suffering over her son’s murder and unknown grave, Winnie Johnson showed grit and unlikely joyMon Aug 20 2012 - 01:00
Nobody asks how Katie Taylor did in the Leaving CertThe failure to organise a proper homecoming for Ireland’s Olympians shows how atomised our society has becomeMon Aug 13 2012 - 01:00
Clunkiness of 'Vertigo' is enough to make you dizzyHitchcock’s clumsy thriller is the greatest film of all, according to a critics’ poll, but the public never liked itMon Aug 06 2012 - 01:00
Why the Quinns are now the height of fashionSO: PETER Darragh Quinn wears a peacoat. Very interesting. And something called a button-up shirt. Curiouser and curiouserMon Jul 30 2012 - 01:00
A nation soaked in gloom of summer filled with rainDespite news of Syria, massacres and Rupert Murdoch, our attention always seems to return to the terrible weatherMon Jul 23 2012 - 01:00
Have I got news for you, Mr BakhurstSome handy hints for the former BBC man as he takes over as director of news and current affairs at RTÉMon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Weighing up arguments for and against calorie listingSO, A SCONE contains 750 caloriesMon Jul 09 2012 - 01:00
Mothers are being hunted out of house and homeSURELY NOW is the time to assess what we’ve done to domestic life in the past 40 yearsMon Jun 25 2012 - 01:00
For it or against it, abortion is not a billboard issueThere seems to be nowhere you can complain about the ‘in-your-face’ anti-abortion postersMon Jun 18 2012 - 01:00
Small earthquake off Mayo coast moves our worldTHE HEADLINE “Small earthquake in Chile; not many dead” is one of the few good jokes about journalismMon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Great anniversary party feels a little late in the dayWe wanted to be there for the ‘Late Late Show’ 50th-year bash but were not sure whether we’d stay until the endMon Jun 04 2012 - 01:00
We are going to need a new approach to EurovisionThe international song contest seems to have moved on without us in a way we don’t understandMon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Dexys lyrics reworked: 'Come on Ireland'Rowland’s fight to build on early success points the way for our nation of Celtic Soul BrothersMon May 21 2012 - 01:00
Why paint Haughey's house as the Hell Fire Club?Since Abbeville came on the market, lurid imaginations have been peopling its past with notorious charactersMon May 14 2012 - 01:00
'Vogue' protocol on use of models seems pretty slimLAST WEEK brought the Orwellian headline: “Vogue pledges to use models without eating disordersMon May 07 2012 - 01:00
Finally some better retail news, for Peats sakeOn Saturday morning during its reopening sale, electronic goods retailer Peats sounded like Irish pubs used toMon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
Schoolyard sniggering in Dáil hits new levels of campJUST TAKING a moment to clear up why the Government has plummeted in popularity – God help us, I have to do everything round …Mon Apr 23 2012 - 01:00
City dweller walks on eggshells down the hen-houseTHERE IS a major egg shortage in Europe, but you would not think so if you were standing in a giant hen-house in MonaghanMon Mar 26 2012 - 01:00
Shifting opinion on healthy eating fuels feeding frenzyI CAN think of nothing more likely to guarantee Irish people hitting the drink even harder than the fact that British MPs have…Mon Mar 12 2012 - 00:00
What's the Irish for 'leave those kids alone'?CAN IT really be Seachtain na Gaeilge arís? It seems like only inné that it was Seachtain na Gaeilge last yearMon Mar 05 2012 - 00:00
It can be a stretch for women who reach dizzy heightsBeing tall can create issues for some people. It may draw unwanted attention that creates a type of uneaseMon Feb 27 2012 - 00:00
Our deadly penchant for sliding downhill with a smileSkiing, like so many activities – some economies, for example – can survive only by gliding on an ocean of denialMon Feb 20 2012 - 00:00
Why life of Haughey would make for gripping TVTHIS COLUMN was going to be about how Britain and America need far fewer films based on real lives; and about how Ireland needs…Mon Jan 30 2012 - 00:00
City burglars and urban myths steal our peace of mindTHE BURGLARIES are back, like the packed lunch and Strumpet City and the shoulder pad, to remind us that we have entered tough…Mon Jan 23 2012 - 00:00
Gardaí not leading by example on parkingIt’s not easy being a pedestrian when you find your path blocked by a four-wheel drive parked on the pavementMon Jan 16 2012 - 00:00
Let's inject a bit of common sense into implants debateIT’S TIME we stopped being superior about plastic surgery and started reaching for some nice, strong legislationMon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
Destination uncertain for gourmet luxury food hallFallon Byrne became not just a shop but an event. Now an examiner is in charge. What went wrong?Mon Jan 02 2012 - 00:00
