Monday, March 11, 2013 12:00

“My greatest achievement is the children I have rescued and saved. “I care for a number of girls, including a small baby who was dying of starvation and malnutrition when I found her; I named her Ciara (her Irish name) Sainapei (her Maasai name),” Elaine Bannon informs us. More...

Monday, March 4, 2013 12:00

IT WAS the year Motorola introduced the first mobile phone to the US, the year seatbelts became mandatory for drivers in the UK, and the year China’s population reached 1 billion. Times may have changed a lot since then, but for a small group of aspiring local thespians, 1983 marked the beginning of a love affair with drama that has endured to this day. More...

Monday, March 4, 2013 12:00

WE had just run a marathon. My older brother, Mark, was getting sick. My legs were throbbing and my feet were aching. And we were only halfway there. Halfway through just one of 12 Ultra-Marathon races which we had agreed to run last year. More...

Monday, March 4, 2013 12:00

THE Spire on O'Connell Street has just celebrated its 10th birthday. Does it continue to divide Dublin opinion or have we finally come to terms with its presence? Here’s a selection of comments on the subject from followers of the Dublin People Facebook page (www. More...

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:00

“UNFORGETTABLE, inspirational and eye-opening” was the general consensus of nine Blackrock College students who recently returned home from a trip to India to learn about some of GOAL’s programmes in impoverished parts of Kolkata. More...