Columns

As I stepped into my private jet, my pilot asked me where exactly in Wicklow I lived, so he could oblige by flying directly over

I hope that every time I perform “The Fields of Athenry” from hereon in, I will sing the words with added insight and empathy. It

I am certain that many of us can conjure up a clear black-and-white mental image of a middle-aged man in a white pressed shirt and

I called the telephone company last week. I wanted to have “Caller ID” installed on my phone – yes – in order to monitor who

Recently I circumnavigated the globe. Like Ellen McArthur, it was my first time to do so. My plane lifted off from Heathrow at 12 midday

“I am fooling only myself when I say that my mother exists only in the photograph, or in the armful of memories I still hold

I sat motionless, my left hand lightly resting on the arm of the chair, my gaze inclined in the direction of Benbulben, drifting across at

Despite the fact that it seems more sensible to construct a selection of 5-star hotels in Sligo, rather than just one public loo, nonetheless we

Is Ireland really a large enough country to justify running a nationwide star-search three years in a row? Of the USA’s 300 million, “American Idol”

When I am abroad and tell people where I come from, unbelievably there are still times when it is clear that some of these people