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Con Houlihan : Con Houlihan: Paying a high price for the sins of our fathers
It is a good city to visit at any time: of course I am talking about Rome. It has a wealth of fine buildings but I love it for the Tiber, an untamed river where I would like to join the fishermen with their long rods.
Dan White : Dan White: Why the recession may be nearly over but we still feel poor
Employers' body IBEC has forecast the end of the recession. It is predicting that the Irish economy will shrink by only 0.7pc this year, less than half of its previous forecast of 1.6pc.
Marisa Mackle : Marisa Mackle: Sex and the single mum is not so bad
Women over 35 don't have sex. Well, according to a survey. I wonder is it because they don't have the time? And if they don't have time, then how do they find the time to take part in these surveys?
Dan White : Dan White: We'll never get our cash back, but strip Seanie of every cent
Anglo Irish Bank, the disgraced lender which was nationalised in January 2009, this week begins High Court proceedings to recover €70.4m owed by its former chairman Sean FitzPatrick.
Sinead Ryan : Sinead Ryan: It's so irksome getting into taxis when the driver is clueless
How often have you had the infuriating experience of getting into the back of a taxi and giving the driver your destination, only for him to turn around and ask you, "Any idea where that is, love?" The only answer is, of course, "No, that's why I'm in a bloody taxi" and, as a by-the-way, "I'm not your love".
Suzanne Power : Suzanne Power: Imperfect children and parents lay down our laws
God save me from perfect children, and parents that make them that way. I stayed over at the house of an acquaintance with two children, who I haven't seen for some time. A two-year gap between visits should have told me that instinct kept me away.
Dan White : Dan White: Sure, it'll hurt but pensions hike was the only way to go
The Government's plan for a shake-up of the the country's pension system is drastic but necessary.
Sinead Ryan : Sinead Ryan: Bishop has driven us all to boycott the collection plate
Bishop has driven us all to boycott the collection plateIt's actually hard to know where to start when it comes to expressing the horror and outrage at the decision by Bishop Brennan of Ferns to ask parishioners to foot the bill for child sexual abuse in his diocese.
Con Houlihan : Con Houlihan: Fresh food was the order of the day
All dogs are house guardians, but some more than others. We had a dog one time, a fox terrier, who seemed to think that minding our front door was his chief mission in life.
Suzanne Power : Suzanne Power: Young men tick all the boxes for successful women
The cougar label normally applies to women over 40, but lately a few of my 30-something friends have been waiting to pounce on the role.
Gerry O'Carroll : Gerry O'Carroll: Bertie lectures us on living within our means as he enjoys the good life ...
I'VE heard it all now. Our esteemed former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is busy telling us all to "pull together" and keep our "expectations in line with economic realities" while he rakes in more than €150,000 a year and dabbles in various lucrative nixers.
Sinead Ryan : Sinead Ryan: Sharpen those scissors, our love affair with the money-off coupon is only beginning
We all have our own ways of trying to beat the recession but, according to the National Consumer Agency, more of us are once again turning to cutting out coupons -- beloved hobby of the 1970s, to save a few bob.
Dan White : Dan White: Is booze cruise overseas for party drinks worth it?
Dan answers your financial questions
Suzanne Power : Suzanne Power: A love check-list sounds perfect but lacks passion
Everyone likes to think they're going to be perfect, for a perfect partner, who treats them perfectly. Lots of 'p' sounds in that sentence. What happened to Peter Piper? He tripped over his words and turned into a tongue twister.
Dan White : Dan White: Has my house lost 50pc in value over three years?
Dan answers your financial questions
Sinead Ryan : Sinead Ryan: Tracey Fay was our Baby P and someone must be held to account
What is more outrageous? What happened to troubled teenager Tracey Fay during her short life or the fact that we're only getting the report into it after eight long years?
Gerry O'Carroll : Gerry O'Carroll: Boot Boy Ahern and Cowen's ship of fools
Is there a more useless minister than Dermot Ahern?
Dan White : Dan White: Yes we bailed them out, yes they should be grateful, but no, banks will still screw you
Bank of Ireland's decision to increase the interest rates it charges customers for personal loans and overdrafts represents yet another hammer blow for hard-pressed borrowers. And Bank of Ireland isn't alone.
John Giles : John Giles: Bosses take hit when players fool around
JUST a few months ago, Italian managers seemed to have all the answers but recent days have shown that Capello, Ancelotti and Mancini are subject to the same fundamental rule of football. Anything can happen and often does.
Sinead Ryan : Sinead Ryan: Thanks Bill, but I think we know how to raise our own children
I'm annoyed at Bill Cullen's latest comments which, once again, harp on about the soft children he believes we've created today compared with his Penny Apples history.
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