December 26, 2004
Compiled by Eoghan Rice
For many of these people coming in, 1916 is no more than a stolen pin number
Justin Barrett on immigration
Please, Ma'am, allow me to finish
George W Bush ...
December 26, 2004
Fiona Looney
WHILE Ronan Keating might be frustrated with his brace of Christmas number twos (his former charges, Westlife, took the coveted top spot prize in 1999), he can at least be ...
December 26, 2004
Roslyn Dee
Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (1983) Director: Nagishi Oshima Starring: Tom Conti, David Bowie Based on the Laurens Van Der Post book, The Seed and the Sower, this is a war ...
December 26, 2004
Renata Tebaldi
Operatic soprano: born Pesaro, Italy 1 February 1922; died San Marino, 19 December 2004.
ON 11 May 1946, the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, which had been badly damaged ...
December 26, 2004
PAUL O'CONNELL Ireland secondrow forward
Moment from my own sport
There were a couple of obvious highlights from a personal point of view. I captained my country for the first time against France and to ...
December 26, 2004
Countdown on as Rowling finishes Harry Potter VI
AUTHOR JK Rowling has announced that she has completed the sixth book in the Harry Potter series.
Rowling had previously said that ...
December 26, 2004
DAVID O'SHAUGHNESSY Westmeath football captain
Moment from my own sport
The day we won our first Leinster. What I remember most is the support. The noise level when we scored those few points after half-time ...
December 26, 2004
Paddy Comyn
1- OPEL AGILA 1.0 EXPRESSION ( 9,995) Ireland's cheapest new car. Sadly the Agila is not exactly desirable.
This is a re-badged Suzuki Wagon R+ but considerably cheaper ...
December 26, 2004
Olivia Doyle
NON-FICTION A Year At The Races By Jane Smiley Faber and Faber £12.99 284pp
FACT, not fiction, has made sensible Jane Smiley go all mushy. "He greeted me ...
December 26, 2004
Tom Widger
NON-FICTION
Confessions Of A Poacher By Jim Connell Lilliput Books 12 173pp
IT IS hard to place the author of this unusual memoir, and harder still to place the Ireland ...