Here’s an admission. I’m in debt. Up to my (insert whistle here). We’re talking a six figure sum.

I have complete sympathy for any shop, business or private house plagued by gangs of unruly young people.

The nuclear debate is hotting up again. The ICTU has thrown its weight in saying that the debate should be opened up – meaning that nuclear power should be considered.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell isn’t pleased with the judiciary. He thinks they are deliberately not enforcing mandatory sentences for drug trafficking. He’s probably right. And they’re right too.

There are few people unhappy to see articulated trucks out of Dublin city centre (except truck drivers). As a cyclist in town in the past I can recall moments of sheer terror when HGV’s have towered over me. Unfortunately, many cyclists have paid for this with their lives.

Do they get it now? Do they see what Croke Park means? It’s very difficult to demonstrate abstract ideas like identity but Saturday week’s Ireland v England rugby match might well have done the trick.

“ACCIDENTS don’t happen by accident”. That was the slogan that probably heralded in the age of thuggery when it came to matters of health and safety.