John Bruton and Garrett FitzGerald pictured in 1982, the year Bruton introduced a tax on children's shoes.

Budget 2018 is a far cry from drama of past years

World of Politics with Harry McGee The most dramatic Budget during my time in Leinster House was the first every one I covered, in December 2003.  I was relatively newly arrived in politics at The...

Get beside the bright guy if you want to get ahead

A Different View with Dave O’Connell There used to be a pattern to the geography of the old school year; the first-day rush for desks at the back of the classroom – ideally directly behind...
Castlegar’s Michael Connor, Eamon Flynn, Cathal Wall, Alan Duggan and Matthew Kilgannon celebrate with the Fr. Griffin Cup after defeating Athenry in the County Minor A hurling final at Kenny Park last Sunday. Photo: Enda Noone.

Next year’s radical GAA fixtures shake up is fraught with danger

Inside Track with John McIntyre THE GAA fixtures landscape – at both club and county level – will undergo such a radical overhaul in 2018 that it’s virtually certain there will be some fallout and...
Charlie Adley

Safe haven when the news is too scary!

Double Vision with Charlie Adley Sometimes you watch the news or read something in the paper and your heart sinks. The world seems beyond redemption. Your mind spins as you struggle to make sense of...
Katie Codyre (Galway Sports Partnership) and Nigel Keady (FAI Development Officer), both of whom are looking to spread the gospel about 'Walking Football', which is aimed at players over 50 years of age.

Playing the Beautiful Game at a more leisurely pace

Talking Sport with Stephen Glennon A new craze may be about to grip the county, as ‘walking football’ – which is massive in Britain – becomes the focal point of open days to be jointly...
He's a great man for the flags is our Niall, even making it as far as Antartica.

Bradley Bytes: McNelis’ flag fetish means he’s full time up the pole!

Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara Bradley Niall McNelis is up the pole. In fact, he’s up the pole more often than the old woman who lived in a shoe. Not...

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