Beating the System
McBrearty wins vindication O'Reilly wins delay of inquiry into questionable payment to Ray Burke. By Vincent Browne
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Up the Ben and down again
Every September, a crowd of people gather at Fort William in Scotland to run up, and hopefully down again, Britain's highest mountain, Ben Nevis. Village sent Colin Murphy to join them
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If you could see her now
Cecilia Ahern has picked up further recognition for PS, I Love You with awards this month in Britain and Germany. She tells John Byrne what it's like to be the Taoiseach's daughter and a 23 year old millionaire, and how she's particularly popular with male readers in Germany.
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Hain on the wain
Peter Hain's first 100 days in office have been noteworthy for political inaction and a seemingly indecent haste to leave Northern Ireland and return to Westminster. He has managed to anger both unionists and republicans. Recent weeks have been his most testing. Colm Heatley assesses his performance to date
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Verity, Drury to edit Irish Daily Mail
The Irish version of the Daily Mail, which is to be launched next year, will be edited by British journalist Ted Verity and Irish journalist Paul Drury.
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British buy up regional papers
The purchase of the Leinster Leader Group and Local Press Ltd by Johnston Press has made it the largest owner of regional and local newspapers on the island of Ireland, with 40 titles.
By Emma Browne
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Electricity and water: 'we'd be happy with that'
Halting sites without electricity and basic water facilities. Rival Traveller families at one another's throats. Illegal dumps on Travellers' doorsteps. James Byrne visited Traveller homes on the outskirts of Dublin city to see for himself if things were as bad as he had heard. Pictures by Derek Speirs
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Hurricane Rita outperforms Katrina
The right-wing religious stations of the deep south are in part welcoming the destruction. One religious station I listened to had a programme with a preacher who declared: 'We couldn't solve the housing problem in New Orleans, so God has done it for us'
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A fighting man
Gardaí in Donegal tried to frame Frank McBrearty (Jr) for a murder that never happened. The result was the Morris Tribunal and the worst scandal ever to hit the Irish police force. This week, after almost nine years, McBrearty eventually won €1.5million from the State for what happened. Profile by Gerard Cunningham
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Ulster football myth
Kerry will dominate midfield in the All-Ireland football final, and this should be enough to see them beat Tyrone by a point or two – and to destroy the myth of Ulster dominance in the modern game, writes Paul Rouse
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Keane is dead, long live the Kerr
This is when things get particularly informative. There are two games left to save Ireland's World Cup campaign, a month-long festival in the middle of a German summer awaits and Ireland have a defined target to hit to guarantee continued participation. The situation is reducing quickly to the essentials. One real question persists – is Brian Kerr capable of managing Ireland?
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The worst boy scout
David Moyes has spent £25m this year on seven players, but his signings have made the Everton team worse, not better. The problem, Ken Early reckons, is that he does his own scouting
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In the spirit of Cormac
As Tyrone play in another All-Ireland football final, the county and the club of Cormac McAnallen are still feeling the loss of one of their star players. By Daire Whelan
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Letters 2005-09-23
The decision by Slattery travel to cancel the Cork to New York service is not based on lack of demand. I understand that this charter service was already 70 per cent pre-booked and due to commence within six weeks.
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The Irish magic of work
With low unemployment and Ireland's "Celtic Tiger," it took me only two months to find a permanent job in Dublin. What's more, the temp assignments that sustained me until then were far more pleasant than any I found in New York. That includes my five-month stint at ABC-Disney in Manhattan which, glamorous as it sounds, translated as 21 weeks and three days of insults and temper tantrums at the hands of two spoiled producers of children's programming. Magic kingdom indeed.
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Free phone the world
MEDIA: Just as computers have revolutionised most other communication, they and the companies that drive them are about to enable free phone calls to anywhere in the world. Conor Brady reports
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