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Mortgage holders must unite to protect futures

THERE are almost 300,000 mortgage holders on standard variable rate loans – that’s 300,000 households that have had their interest rates arbitrarily increased by bailed out financial institutions on at least two and possibly three occasions in the past 12 months.  more >

A funny old summer for football in the West

IN A summer in which Connacht football has been turned on its head more than once, Roscommon produced the most remarkable head-spinner of all at McHale Park last Sunday by winning the Nestor Cup on the same ground where they were demolished by Mayo a year earlier.  more >

What’s so unthinkable about a Taoiseach from the West?

THE Dublin media have it in for Enda Kenny, of that there is no doubt.  more >

When sorry seems to be the hardest word

WE ARE obsessed with the past. That thought struck this writer on Saturday afternoon while listening to Rachel English’s excellent lunchtime current affairs programme on RTE Radio One.  more >

Johnno’s fate hinges on a game of Russian Roulette in the last chance saloon

The shocking capitulation to Sligo has left Mayo football in a very bleak place, writes James Laffey.  more >

Paying the price for putting style over substance

WE ARE our own worst enemies when it comes to selecting politicians for high office.  more >

Long-term intercounty managers are a rare breed

JOHN O’Mahony begins his fourth campaign as Mayo senior football boss on the first Saturday in June.  more >

Homeowners kept in grip of banks by archaic laws

AS PART of the excellent Aftershock series on RTE, broadcaster Matt Cooper offered a novel solution to the negative equity crisis that is now afflicting so many homeowners across the country.  more >

Meeja ‘clowns’ get a lash from circus boss Maughan

SIXTY years ago next September, Mayo defeated Louth to claim the AllIreland senior football title for only the second time.  more >

Little to take home from wreckage at Croke Park

MAYO’S long-suffering football supporters traveled to Croke Park wondering if the county had a team that could win an All-Ireland senior title; they went away wondering if the county has a team that can beat Sligo in the opening round of the Connacht championship.  more >

Mortgage holders forgotten by sheriff

THE recently appointed financial regulator Matthew Elderfield is being held up in some quarters as a latter-day demigod descended from the heavens to save Ireland in its hour of need.  more >

Let’s see if Bellanaboy rules apply in Dalkey

DALKEY is about to become Ireland’s Dubai.  more >

Obama magic fails to show in Cowen’s bad ‘reshuffle’ trick

IT IS not a good time to be a young person in Ireland.  more >

Time for cardinal to take responsibility

CARDINAL Sean Brady comes across as an inherently decent man.  more >

Has nobody the sense to axe Anglo?

WHILE Fine Gael strives to put some ideological distance between itself and Fianna Fáil, its former party leaders continue to act as very effective cheerleaders for an utterly discredited Government.  more >

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