There must be a level playing field when it comes to pensions

GODFREY’S GOSPEL   OCTOBER is a great month for the sale of pensions. All those involved in the business concentrate on the tax advantages and the need to make provision for the future. Last week, there was a lot of...

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Always look on the bright side of life!

  I COULD talk about all the issues concerning Ireland and the fact that, despite the idle promises, there is little or no hope – in the short term, at least – of us getting anything like the €69 billion...

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Ugandan aid debacle emphasises that old saying: ‘charity begins at home’

THINK it is about time the government got ‘real’ and concentrated on providing aid for its own people and forget...

Tuesday, 30/10/12 - 5:52pm Read More

Awareness week will highlight the service given by those who help victims of crime

IF YOU have ever been a victim of a burglary or a crime, you may be interested to know that...

Tuesday, 23/10/12 - 12:58am Read More

Coalition promises not worth the paper they’re written on

I CAN still remember the day that one-time minister for finance John Bruton announced that he was going to put...

Tuesday, 16/10/12 - 12:35am Read More

Why should we care whether Barack Obama wins or loses?

I LOVE a good debate as much as the next person, but, as was the case four years ago, I...

Tuesday, 09/10/12 - 12:05am Read More

More Godfreys Gospel

Gangland prisoner who claimed human rights abuses makes a mockery of our justice system

THERE WAS a lot of talk last week about ‘stroke’ politics. You had health minister James Reilly looking after his...

Tuesday, 02/10/12 - 2:24pm Read More

More Godfreys Gospel

Carlow continues to lose out because we don’t have enough clout

EVEN THOUGH government now claims to be transparent, it would appear that it is still advantageous to have a government...

Tuesday, 25/09/12 - 2:12pm Read More

Buy early for Christmas – it just might save some local jobs

IDREAD to think of the number of businesses which have closed in Carlow over the past few years. However, as...

Tuesday, 18/09/12 - 2:18am Read More

Are we really capable of governing ourselves?

ISN’T IT amazing how reality seems to fly out the window as soon as some of our politicians are elected?...

Tuesday, 11/09/12 - 7:42pm Read More