With signs that Covid-19 may have peaked, there is agitation in many quarters about opening up society and the economy again. When they do, will we be able to cope with what will confront us? There are a number of things we’ll have to get used to. One is being poorer. Some people, of course, […]
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OPINION – JUDE COLLINS: Post-Coronavirus we won’t know ourselves
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OPINION – JUDE COLLINS: Ireland will have to work as one to get out of this death-pit
I WAS talking to a former journalist the other day (of course it was a virtual conversation, Virginia) and he said he’d been out for a short walk, in the course of which a man had passed him, rolled his eyes and asked, “Don’t you miss Brexit?” You could see the man’s point. There was […]
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OPINION – JUDE COLLINS: In matters of life and death, let’s have the truth
One day it will be over but for now just accept it – it’s a mess! WHEN you’ve got a huge threat like the Coronavirus, which respects no border and no social rank, there’s a temptation to throw up the hands and say, “It’s a mess. One day it’ll be over but for now let’s […]
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Fine Gael making strange overtures to Sinn Féin
NO Sunday morning is ever complete without an extended browse through the (electronic) pages of my second-favourite Irish news organ, The Sindo. I always find something that encourages me to think further on a given topic; often (but not always) the pen of Eilis O’Hanlon or (more recently) Mairia Cahill will gently lead me […]
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Stepping together into the minefield of 2017
THERE are two ways of looking at where and how we are – the W way and Y way. The W is for Walt (Disney), and it involves looking at a happy world awash with balloons and smiling people and adorable puppies. In this world the politicians resemble our favourite uncle who always had […]
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You just can’t please everyone
Sometimes you have to laugh. And often, I find, a fit of the giggles comes on just at those moments when it would be highly inappropriate to let them out. But this is not one of those occasions. This time, giggles and guffaws and near-painful belly-laughs are the only sane response. The man to […]
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