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Niall O'Dowd

Cheating soccer 'star' Thierry Henry will be French toast if he comes to New York

Niall O'Dowd: They say Thierry Henry will be playing with the New York Red Bulls in the near future that he will do a David Beckham and make some money in America. After yesterday the Red Bulls may not want him –not if Irish fans have their say. FULL STORY >

Tom Deignan

Thanks ‘Mad Men,’ but 50 years later, let JFK rest in peace

Tom Deignan: Clearly, in the "Mad Men" season finale, the show’s creators were linking the public tragedy of JFK’s assassination with the private tragedy of the crumbling Draper marriage. It was fine television. The problem is that TV shows and movie makers and book writers have been hauling out the events of November 1963 for, well, five decades now. FULL STORY >

Cormac MacConnell

Ireland has a drinking problem: the death of old 'country' pubs

Cormac MacConnell: I have written here recently about just how socially serious the disappearance of the rural pubs is for the folk who live in the very real but Hidden Ireland. John Spain put it powerfully when he said in his piece that politicians have been silent and compliant in the face of their ministers, slashing cuts and sounding dire pre-budget warnings over recent months. FULL STORY >

Conor O'Clery

How times have changed since Pope John Paull II visited Ireland

How times have changed since Pope John Paul visited Ireland in September 1979 – and I’m only talking about smoking. When the Pontiff flew to Ireland on the Aer Lingus Boeing 747, named the St Patrick for the occasion, the stewardess announced after takeoff , “Holy Father, distinguished visitors, you may now smoke if you wish.” FULL STORY >

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