“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.

OUR Deputy Mayor Aodhan O’Riordain has a plan to improve the lot of Dubliners. He wants to fine people up to €500 for urinating in public and to make it an arrestable offence.

The latest report from the EPA makes clear that Ireland’s emissions are rising steeply again. 

I attended one of Sinn Fein’s public meetings on its Ard Fheis decision to support the PSNI up North.

It looks like we’re about to witness the demise of Tolka Park and along with it the end of soccer venues in Dublin city centre.

THIS column was inspired by my eight year old daughter. She has learned to print her letters in school and now she’s moving on to ‘joined-up writing’.

The case last week of Gerard Kelly who was sentenced to life in prison for rape highlights a serious flaw in our justice system.

Imagine if your doors and windows were perfect, so perfect that they allowed no heat through them. Then imagine if your walls and roof were equally perfect.

The Masters tournament in golf is held at Augusta National in Atlanta, Georgia every year. It is probably the most prestigious event in golf. 

There are three main reasons why any society should invest in its children: 1. It just should; 2. Children are the future – healthy, well-rounded, educated children are the basis of future prosperity; and 3: if you neglect children they become an almighty nuisance as and when they grow up.