A man who plans to survive (Nov 1, 2008)
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2008/1101/1225321614209.html?via=mr
“‘I have never called a reporter in my life. They come to me,’ said Pádraig Ó Céidigh a few years ago. Aer Arann's owner had been crowned Irish entrepreneur of the year. The plucky little airline's upward mobility seemed assured. He was a ‘big fan’ of Michael O'Leary. Heck, he even talked like him.
“‘With me what you see is what you get. I have no time for plámás or bullshit,’ he told TG4, before tearing into smug ‘Dublin 4 types’.”
...“With the exception of investing around €25,000 in bank shares and €5,000 in CRH, his money has been ploughed back into his half-dozen other businesses. They include an outsourcing company, a maintenance business and Foinse, the Irish-language paper, which clearly means more to him than any airline.”
How the Irish struggle with Irish names (Nov 1, 2008)
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2008/1101/1225321615940.html
“Barack Obama and I have something in common. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with drawing crowds of a hundred thousand or engendering a sense of hope and optimism in an entire generation. Nor has it anything to do with the ability to wear a white shirt for twenty-two minutes at a stretch without the sudden or, indeed, gradual appearance of mysterious stains and blemishes.
“No, it's all to do with names. Or to be more specific, unconventional names. He is Barack. I am Fionnuala. And unlike the Johns and Peters and Helens and Marys of this world, the very act of attaching our name to a computer-written document elicits the prompt and angry appearance of a long, red, squiggly line.”
Seek truth about Hyde (Nov 4, 2008)
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/seek-truth-about-hyde-14032959.html
“Pól Ó Muirí (Belfast Telegraph, October 27) had his customary swipe at Ulster-Scots and then wrote of the importance and significance of Douglas Hyde as a Protestant who spoke Irish.”
Sancta Maria College wins Oireachtas 2008 debating final (Nov 4, 2008)
http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5283&Itemid=38
“Three Leaving Cert students from Sancta Maria College in Louisburgh brought national glory to their school and community last week, when they claimed first place in the debating final at Oireachtas na Samhna 2008 in Cork.”
The sadness behind the smile of Ireland's true queen of trad... (Nov 5, 2008)
http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-sadness-behind-the-smile-of-irelands-true-queen-of-trad-1521635.html
“Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh is a mother with a mission. Like generations of her family before her, she is determined to pass on her love of music and passion for the Irish language to her own child.”
Why parents will pay as the recession bites (Nov 5, 2008)
http://www.independent.ie/education/latest-news/why-parents-will-pay-as-the-recession-bites-1521624.html
“Families with children in schools and colleges are being hit in the pocket as a result of Budget cutbacks and other effects of the financial crisis.”
...“Conradh na Gaeilge has also warned that course fees for summer college in Gaeltacht areas will increase as a result of the decision to axe a teaching grant to the colleges.”
Bríd Ní Neachtain - putting her stamp on Juno (Nov 6, 2008)
http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/3975
“Sean O’Casey’s timeless classic Juno and the Paycock arrives at the Town Hall next week in a much-praised new production featuring Galway actress Bríd Ní Neachtain in the title role of Juno.”
...“Ní Neachtain was last seen on a Galway stage playing another iconic Irishwoman Caitríona Phaidín in Mairtin O’Cadhain’s Cré na Cille which was staged at An Taibhdhearc in 2003 and subsequently made into a film.”
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