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2008 Editions


Out
31-07-2008 - Out of their depth
  • The government have exuded confusion, ineptitude and alarm at a time when the country needs reassurance and self-belief. By Vincent Browne
  • Disliking Kevin Myers
  • Mismanagement of Sceilig Michael
  • Ireland's Changing Climes
  • Democracy and Double Standards. By David Morrison
  • Ireland's Sailors in Bejing
  • News, Books, Media , Travel and more...
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The
03-07-2008 - The Big Euro Lies
  • The Big Euro Lies and how the corporate war-lords have infiltrated EU. By Vincent Browne
  • Furher Cowen and Lisbon
  • Dublin Port: Ireland's economic heartland
  • News Fragments, Media, Space, Film, Theatre, Events, Nature & more
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Brian
29-05-2008 - Brian Cowen: The vigour and the menace

BUMPER ISSUE!!!

  • Dummies Guide to the Lisbon Treaty - the treaty explained in 20 pages; the key articles, comments from the Yes and No sides, plus commentary by Vincent Browne
  • Brian Cowen - the vigour and the menace
  • Fyffes/DCC - The biggest theft in the history of the state
  • EURO 2008 - the teams, the superstars and Ireland's new team, Poland
  • Youghal struggles with globalisation
  • Muslim Hurlers in Mayo, by Mikey Stafford
  • Society...
  • Life
    24-04-2008 - Life and Death of Nuala
    • Nuala and Nell: the stories of their lives that are part of our fabric. By Susan McKay
    • Brian Rossiter's death in a Garda Cell. By Philip Boucher Hayes
    • The historic wronging of Palestine. By David Morrison 
    • Brian Cowen in office, Eamon Dunphy's job application. By Vincent Browne 
    • Irish Times history reviewed by Martin Manseragh
    • Picasso's Guernica: A war on war 
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    Loyalists
    27-03-2008 - Loyalists can't save Bertie
    • Evidence that Bertie Ahern recieved sums of money far exceeding his salary in 1994 is now incontrovertible. No credible explanation has been offered for this, although his associates, current and former, have stood loyally by him. By Vincent Browne
    • Cathal O Searcaigh - Fairytales, Sex and Kathmandu
    • John Delaney - saved by Trappatoni, for now...
    • Harney's 10 broken promises on Health
    • Demystifying Ian Paisley
    • The pros and cons of High Rise Dublin ...
    Marching
    28-02-2008 - Marching Orders for Bertie
    • Bertie Ahern does not deserve to be removed from office in disgrace but, as the evidence mounts, this seems more and more likely.
    • Castro meets Ireland's Maureen O'Hara
    • Cardinal Connell: Secrets to be revealed
    • Brent Pope on the soap opera of Irish rugby
    • Ring Gaeltacht, the history of Kenya's ethnic violence, Remembering 1916, Media, News, On the Town

    • To read the full stories below, subscribe for to Villag...
    Wayne's
    31-01-2008 - Wayne's Story
    • In his own words: Wayne O'Donoghue tells how he killed Robert Holohan; how he hid the body; his thoughts of suicide; and how he came to confess.
      • Funding for new services in mental health has been diverted to cover other shortfalls and overspending. By Sara Burke
      • Expenses and salaries massively increase the earnings of TDs and Ministers. Village charts the earnings of every TD in Dail Eireann. By Adam Maguire
      • A series of photos capturing the final minutes o...
    Brent
    28-01-2008 - Brent Pope's 2008 Six Nations Guide
    • France, Ireland and England are in the reckoning for a Six Nations win. With France and England rebuilding after the las World Cup, Ireland have a chance of snatching victory in their two away games. By Brent Pope.
      • Eddie O'Sullivan, the IRFU and the Genesis Report
      • Ireland Player profiles and statistics 
      • The teans, coaches and key players
      • Plus, an interview with Ginger McLoughlin, Limerick's Rugby Legend
      ...


    2007 Editions


    Bertie's
    20-12-2007 - Bertie's Kitty
    • Several untruths have emerged from the emotional interview in September 2006 in which Bertie Ahern supposedly revealed all to RTE's Brian Dobson about his finances in the early 1990s. By Vincent Browne.
    • The people, events and murders of 2007, and a preview of 2008.
    • Mary McAleese foresaw the descent of Limerick into criminality 25 years ago.
    • Champion jockey, Kieran Fallon's long-standing relationship with Coolmore Stud is in jeopardy
    • A profile of...
    Cancer
    29-11-2007 - Cancer in the body politic
    • This government is not just incompetent, they represent the politics of injustice, inequality and death. By Sara Burke and Vincent Browne
    • Mahon Tribunal: Bertie's money
    • Bono's Clarence Hotel redevelopment
    • Emma Browne on Ireland's missing children
    • Joe Higgins on wealthy developers
    • Aoife Kavanagh on Robert Mugabe
    • Book Reviews by Ursula Halligan, Barry Desmond and Eoghan Corry
    ...
    The
    28-11-2007 - The Year in Sport
    • Ireland's hopes at the Olympics 2008; Gerry Kiernan talks to Village
    • Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010 qualifiers, by Ken Early
    • Munster stands alone in Heineken Cup, by Brent Pope
    • Roy Keane as Sunderland manager, by Ken Early
    • The commercialisation of English football, by Malachy Browne and Eddie Lennon
    • Highlights and Lowlights of 2007
    • The up and coming sports people of 2007
    • Sports Quiz
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    Disliking
    26-10-2007 - Disliking the McCanns
    • Justine McCarthy on Mary McAleese
    • Brent Pope on the Rugby World Cup
    • Vincent Browne on Bertie's Money
    • Terry Prone on Enright and the McCanns
    • Richard Crowley on Jerusalem
    • Martin Fitzpatrick on Independent Media
    • Hidden History, Carbon taxes, GM Foods, The Kurds, Space, Cinema,Theatre, Pubs & Restaurants and more...
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    The
    05-10-2007 - The Tangled Web
    • Bertie Ahern and the tangled web of curious explanations on his finances. By Vincent Browne
    • Brent Pope on Ireland at the World Cup: what went wrong, how to fix it and Eddie O'Sullivan
    • Derry plant manufactures US arms. By Eamon McCann
    • Party's over for the PDs. By Adam Maguire
    • Michael Winterbottom Interview
    • Harry Browne on Burma, Blogging and John Creedon
    • Chekov Feeny on John Waters
    • Maggie Kenneally on inane broa...
    Village
    10-09-2007 - Village Green
    • Village guide to sustainable living
    • Introduction by John Downing
    • George Monbiot  selected extracts
    • Q&A with Eamon Ryan, Minister for Energy 
    • Sustainability at home
    • Reduce your Carbon Footprint
    • Green Gadgets and Websites
    ...
    Wrongly
    07-09-2007 - Wrongly Convicted
    • Village raises questions about the reliability of her conviction and the credibility of prosecution evidence.
    • Niamh Purseil on Labour\'s abandonment of socialism
    • Eamon Gilmore - no change for Labour
    • Junior Ministers - a nice little earner
    • Evanne Ni Chuilinn interviews Kerry half-back Aidan O\'Mahony
    • Leo Enright - Space
    • Eanna Ni Lamhna - Nature
    • Q&A with novelist Pat McCabe
    ...
    Rugby
    30-08-2007 - Rugby World Cup 2007
    • Brent Pope's Introduction to France 2007
    • Ireland - Brent Pope on Ireland's chances in France
    • Ireland Player profiles and statistics 
    • Team Profiles, Statistics and Key Players
    • Players of the Rugby World Cup
    • History of the Rugby World Cup 
    • Ranking World Rugby 
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    Payback
    09-08-2007 - Payback Time
    Payback time for Eoghan Harris
    How the Sunday Independent became Bertie's defender
    Brent Pope on the Rugby World Cup
    Labour - Sinn Fein merger of the Left
    Evanne Ni Chuilinn on the Hurling Championship

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    Taking
    05-07-2007 - Taking on O'Reilly
    • Taking on O'Reilly - Denis O'Brien's challenge to Tony O'Reilly
    • Paisley: Dissenters want him gone
    • Monica Leech - Making libel history
    • The leadership of the Greens
    • Top players in the GAA this championship
    • George Bernard Shaw
    • Q&A with Tom Dunne and Ger Gilroy
    ...
    Bertie's
    15-06-2007 - Bertie's Tribunal in Crisis
    • Bertie's Tribunal in Crisis
    • Greens and Fianna Fail in government
    • The Tribunal Tapes
    • Diarmaid Gavin profiled
    • Roy Keane at Sunderland
    • Q&A with Joe O'Connor
    • The crisis in Somalia
    ...
    Enda
    17-05-2007 - Enda under the hammer
    • Vincent Browne asks Enda Kenny the hard questions, and analyses his career so far.
    • Election 2007 special: Women in the election; Party promises on the big issues; Blogging and the election
    • Justine McCarthy on the Miss D case
    • Colm Heatley remembers the Loughgall killings
    • Harry Browne, Chekov Feeney and Maggie Keneally on media coverage of the election
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    Bertie's
    03-05-2007 - Bertie's House of Cards
    • How the house purchase has deepened the crisis over Bertie's finances
    • And Election Extra: The real corruptionof poverty, neclect, spectacular waste and broken promises, plus:
      • The opinion pollsters
      • The campaign trail
      • Dublin and Monaghan bombings
      • Ian Paisley profiled
      • Ken Early on Ronaldo

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    Being
    05-04-2007 - Being Bertie
    • Exclusive interview with the Taoiseach by Katie Hannon. PLUS what his peers think of him, in their own words and commentary by Vincent Browne
      • Gerry Adams on how the deal was done
      • Redmond O'Hanlon on Nuala O'Faolain, the queen of sorrows
      • Adrian Hardiman's judgment on Frank Shortt: ‘A most serious, tragic and alarming case’
      • Profile: Anna Lo of the Alliance Party
      • Claire Byrne interviewed
      • Justine McCarthy on the vict...
    Auf
    01-03-2007 - Auf Wiedersehen
    • Michael McDowell: divisive even within his own party, destructive in government. By Vincent Browne. Plus: Noel Whelan on McDowell's Progressive Democrats.
      • Felipe Contepomi – Leinster's No 10 talks to Justine McCarthy
      • Terry Prone on the magic of Bertie and the politics of holding a pose
      • Hillary and Barack's battle for the White House
      • The GAA and the triumph of Croke Park
      Plus: Letters, News, Media & Cultu...
    Believing
    18-01-2007 - Believing Bertie
    • Gerry Adams: Bertie reneged on killers' release
    • Bertie favoured Mater site from 2002
    • PLUS Sectarianism and the children's hospital
    • Fine Gael candidate Mairéad McGuinness interviewed
    • Richard Dawkins's The God Delusion: nothing new, says H Allen Orr
    ...
    Seeking
    11-01-2007 - Seeking truth
    • Eighteen years ago, Geraldine Finucane's husband was murdered in front of her and their three children. She speaks to Village about cover-ups, death threats and finding those responsible. By Justine McCarthy.
      • The Rossport 5 in Cloverhill
      • John Deasy profiled
      • Policing ard fheis uncertain despite Blair's MI5 concession
      • Facilitating McDowell
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    AIB
    04-01-2007 - AIB stalls on €20.6m overcharging debt
    • Ireland’s largest bank is involved in yet another controversy – this time on its failure to meet its own commitment to pay €20.6m to charity, money that it wrongly took from its customers. By Frank Connolly
      • Sean O’Leary’s censure of the Supreme Court. By Vincent Browne
      • People of 2007
      • More bizarre rezoning decisions in Greystones
      • Arthur Mathews on Father Ted, Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane
      • Plus: A short ...


    2006 Editions


    Ronnie
    28-12-2006 - Ronnie
    • Vincent Browne speaks to Ronnie Drew about death, Luke Kelly, life as a telephone operator and drink
      • Dermot Desmond at the Moriarty tribunal
      • JMW Turner, master of light by Edward O'Hare
      • Sean South: 'He fell beneath a northern sky’
      • Alex Ferguson profiled by Ken Early
      ...
    Betrayal
    21-12-2006 - Betrayal
    • Betrayal: Charles Haughey and the Moriarty Tribunal
      • Protestant Archbishop John Neill on women priests and talking Catholic communion
      • Louis le Brocquy profiled: wine, women and dacing
      • The Sunday World and Martin Hyland
      ...
    No
    14-12-2006 - No hard questions then or now
    • Nobody wanted to know about Charlie's finances when he was in power. Now nobody wants to know about Bertie's money or why Bertie has never pursued money stolen from Fiana Fáil
      • Pinochet's legacy of murder, chaos and ruin
      • Interview: former Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg
      • Profile: Greencore's David Dilger
      • Books: Caoimhghín Ó Croidheáin's study of the demotion of the Irish language
      ...
    Brain
    07-12-2006 - Brain dead politics
    Politics is no more now than a game show. Personality and style with an agenda stacked against fairness and democracy. By Vincent Browne
    • Dublin Docklands Development Authority embroiled in major conflict of interest. By Frank Connolly
    • Nicky Kelly interviewed by Justine McCarthy
    • Bright, brilliant days: Douglas Gageby at the Irish Times. By Vincent Browne
    ...
    Michael
    30-11-2006 - Michael D: Labour's grand old highbrow
    • Michael D.Higgins interviewed by Justine McCarthy
      • Kevin Myers libls Douglas Gageby
      • Philip Boucher-Hayes on the mysterious death of Shane Tuohey
      • Stardust Exclusive: unpublished report sheds new light on the cause of the fire
      • Plus: Frank Connolly, Harry Browne, Colum McCann, Vincent Browne
      ...
    Betraying
    23-11-2006 - Betraying Baiba
    How a mother and children who were in danger were abandoned by the gardaí
    • George Hook profiled
    • The cost of the state's tribunal industry by Justine McCarthy
    • Colin Murphy interviews composer André Previn
    • How veteran cold warrior Robert Gates will cope with his role as US defence secretary

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    The
    16-11-2006 - The cruel story of baby Ann
    By Justine McCarthy. Plus 'The effects of broken bonds' by psychotherapist Monica Murphy
    • Brendan O'Carroll interviewed by Colin Murphy
    • Architect Sam Stephenson remembered
    • Profile: Senator Maurice Hayes. By Vincent Browne
    • Victory for Ortega and the Sandinista party in Nicaragua

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    Charity
    09-11-2006 - Charity You're A Sham
    Derek Mooney, Brendan O'Connor, Louis Walsh and Linda Martin got more from the series than most of the charities

    * Tom Parlon profiled: the curious happenings in Parlon County
    * Angela Phelan's Who's Who in Ireland
    * Crisis in Irish fishing
    * Interview: John Owens of the Mental Health Commission talks to Justine McCarthy


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    Doomed
    02-11-2006 - Doomed to depravity
    The killing and dismemberment of Farah Swahleh Noor by the Mulhall sisters started with a family "poisoned by drink, drugs and violence". By Justine McCarthy
    • Shell to Sea's Maura Harrington profiled
    • Colin Murphy looks at the murder of Esther and Jessica McCann
    • Irish seabed mapping to cost five times estimate and be 20 years late
    • D4 school the victim of the Celtic Tiger
    ...
    Exclusive:
    26-10-2006 - Exclusive: Leas Cross
    Read the report the government won't publish
    • Kevin Myers, man of war: interview with Justine McCarthy
    • Ronan O'Gara profiled
    • Michael O'Leary has the government in a tailspin
    • Road deaths: government ignores proven speeding deterrant

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    Valets
    19-10-2006 - Valets at war
    Denis O'Brien and Michael O'Leary, two of the former man-servants of Ryanair founder Tony Ryan, fight for control of Aer Lingus
    • Marie Carthy remembers her brother John, of Abbeylara. Interview by Justine McCarthy
    • Ronnie Delaney talks to Colin Murphy
    • Irish Traveller Nan O'Brien addresses the UN

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    New
    12-10-2006 - New revelations on purchase of Bertie's house
    Also Bertie's manchester friends. By Justine McCarthy and Frank Connolly

    Charile Bird, RTÉ's chief news correspondant is profiled

    Crime author and former journalist John Connolly interviewed


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    Albert
    05-10-2006 - Albert on Bertie's Manchester payment
    • Irish Times and Geraldine Kennedy confront the judiciary
    • John Banville interviewed by Colin Murphy
    • Emma Browne meets writer George Monbiot
    • Peace in Darfur: so near, so far

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    It
    28-09-2006 - It gets worse
    – Mystery of £50,000 savings when Bertie was financially strapped and had no bank account
    – A shambling Dáil performance
    – Failure to explain £8,000 speaking fee when minister
    • Exclusive: Bertie and the Manchester businessmen. By Frank Connolly
    • Profile: Arnotts' Richard Nesbitt by Justine McCarthy
    • Interview: playwright Tom Murphy by Colin Murphy
    • Hungary: 'The country without consequences...
    New
    21-09-2006 - New evidence of favours: Bertie & Owen O'Callaghan
    • Tiger Woods: beating them at their own game by David Walsh
    • The K Club and its princes. By Justine McCarthy
    • Fine Gael and Labour by Justine McCarthy and Eoin Ó Murchú
    • The Pope and jihad

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    McDowell's
    14-09-2006 - McDowell's new crisis
    Revealed: He bought lands for eight times the market price
    • Profile: Mayo footballer Ciaran McDonald
    • Michael McCaughan in Guatemala
    • Justine McCarthy on the Owenahincha drownings
    • Gerry Adams on his trip to Israel and Palestine

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    Ballot
    07-09-2006 - Ballot box in one hand, €10m in the other
    The buying of Election 2007. By Frank Connolly
    • Marion McKeone on 9/11: The Fear Factor
    • Eoin Ó Murchú on Fianna Fáil's "think-in" in Westport
    • Profile: Golfer Darren Clarke
    • Interview: Val Joyce

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    RTÉ
    31-08-2006 - RTÉ and the hounding of Beverley
    • Irish Press scandal haunts the de Valeras
    • The judge and the 'fascist' minister: Kinlen and McDowell
    • Profile: John Reynolds
    • Roy Keane will succeed where McCarthy has failed
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    Afraid
    24-08-2006 - Afraid of the Garda
    Politicians in denial over crisis of corruption and indiscipline in An Garda Síochána
    • Interview: Mike Murphy. By John Byrne
    • Michael McCaughan on the Mexican standoff
    • Profile: the Dublin football team
    • Ryder Cup 'rip off'

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    Bertie
    17-08-2006 - Bertie and the Illegal Dumper
    The curious connections with Louis Moriarty
    • Bias against Muslims in the Irish media
    • Martin Ferris and the Boston criminal
    • Abu Ghraib interrogator interviewed
    • Martin O'Neill profiled by Ken Early
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    Career
    10-08-2006 - Career boor
    Why You're A Star needs Brendan O'Connor
    • Richard Crowley reports on the crisis in the Middle East
    • Iris Robinson interviewed
    • Colum McCann on Oliver Stone's World Trade Center
    • Irish parts for use in Israeli helicopters. By Colin Murphy

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    The
    03-08-2006 - The real favourites
    Builders in the Fianna Fáil. Developers are by far the biggest donors to Fianna Fáil. Nearly a third of Ireland's 'rich list' are property developers
    • Lady Luck: Nina Carberry, Ireland's newest top-class jockey
    • Marion McKeone and Colum McCann on US soldier Steven Green
    • War by proxy. By Paul Rogers
    • Murder in Mountjoy: how it happened. By Colin Murphy

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    Media
    27-07-2006 - Media complicity in the killing of John Carthy
    RTE and other media knew from the beginning this was just a 'domestic incident' involving a mentally ill man, but still hyped their coverage. By Vincent Browne
    • Brian Keenan on his love for Lebanon; Paul Rogers on Lebanon in the wider war
    • The Shannon Five: Fifth time lucky for 'lawful excuse' defence
    • Profile: Emmylou Harris by Jessie Collins
    • NEW: websites and techonolgy section

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    The
    20-07-2006 - The Last Laugh
    Exclusive: Frank Fahey's troubles deepen as Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly starts investigation
    • Ronan Pettit: Why I made lewd remarks about Monica Leech on RTÉ radio
    • Marion McKeone profiles Jeb Bush
    • Richard Crowley reports on the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict
    • Peter Stringfellow tells Donald Mahoney why the Irish are still sexy

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    RTE's
    13-07-2006 - RTE's Mary Wilson on leaving the Four Courts
    Remembering... Catherine Nevin, Nora Wall, Brian Murphy, victims, judges and lawyers. Interview by Vincent Browne
    • Cover up of abuse at St Joseph's, Kilkenny
    • Zinedine Zidane profiled by Ken Early
    • The Mr "A" judgement: a bad day for the Supreme Court
    • Australia's solution to the problem of road deaths

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    Punch-drunk
    06-07-2006 - Punch-drunk government
    Bertie reeling from incompetence and fatigue. Quarryvale inquiry to revive allegations of sleaze
    • The 12 stars of the World Cup 2006. By Ken Early
    • Dick Cheney, 'The Prince of Darkness', profiled by Marion McKeone
    • Hugh O'Shaughnessy on 21st Century slavery
    • Mike Stafford on cover bands, the new showbands

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    Exclusive:
    29-06-2006 - Exclusive: Gilligan talks about Veronica
    Vincent Browne speeks to John Gilligan, who challenges the Special Criminal Court's findings on his motivation for the murder of Veronica Guerin
    • Catherine Butler, Charlie's personal assistant, concludes her memoirs of The Boss
    • The men of Apres Match profiled by John Byrne
    • The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup, reviewed by Michael McCaughan
    • Brazil's historic test: urban warfare in Sao Paulo

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    Exclusive:
    22-06-2006 - Exclusive: Veronica's known killer never charged
    By Frank Connolly. Plus Veronica's murder investigation a fiasco, by Vincent Browne
    • Charles Haughey: Media malice even in death. And his former assistant Catherine Butler remembers The Boss
    • Bush is back in business, says Marion McKeone
    • Ken Early on Ronaldo, the Elvis of football
    • Donald Mahoney hangs out with the Brazilians of Gort for the World Cup
    ...
    Haughey:
    15-06-2006 - Haughey: the final years
    Vincent Browne on conversations with Charles Haughey over the past five years. Also, Catherine Butler, Haughey's personal assistant remembers The Boss
    • Ailbhe Jordan talks to New York's toughest editor
    • O'Connell Street's facelift is finally complete. Colin Murphy reports
    • Ken Early on Roy Keane
    • Irish theatre loses out at this year's Tony Awards
    ...
    Haughey
    08-06-2006 - Haughey driven from office by 'a lie'
    Catherine Butler, Charles Haughey's personal assistant, reveals to Vincent Browne the inside world of the Boss
    • The Clintons: Bill and Hillary obsess America. By Marion McKeone
    • Dereliction of O'Connell Street: Plans for the Carlton cinema site. By Frank Connolly
    • Ronaldinho prepares for World Cup glory. By Ken Early
    • Books: Michael McCaughan reviews a travel tale with a difference

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    No
    01-06-2006 - No register of sex offenders
    EXCLUSIVE: Another child sex abuse fiasco for Bertie, another crisis for McDowell
    • Lord's word: Miriam moves to the Irish Times
    • David Shanks on East Timor's latest foreign invasion
    • Religious orders still denying scale of child abuse. By Colin Murphy
    • Ken Early on Germany's World Cup chances

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    The
    25-05-2006 - The Lusk Post Office killings
    How the Gardaí killed an unarmed man. Also, stories of Garda harassment
    • They fought like hell: Vincent Browne and Michael Corcoran on Munster's Heineken Cup win
    • Master turned Titan: the story of Michelangelo
    • David Morrison on Iran’s right to develop nuclear technology
    • No reserve without a ‘national emergency'. Frank Connolly on the GRA

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    Da
    18-05-2006 - Da Vinci Code: Exploiting Jesus
    The Da Vinci Code revives controversies about the origins and nature of Christianity, about its foundation, is patriarchy and its gospels. By Vincent Browne. AND The Truth about Opus Dei by John Allen
    • Hugh O'Shaughnessy speaks to Hugo Chavez
    • Colum McCann on Bono the Editor
    • Mano a mano: Munster in the Heineken Cup final previewed
    • Frank Connolly hears the story of former Garda Joe Geary

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    Yet
    11-05-2006 - Yet another billion
    O'Reilly to make another killing: this time on oil and gas resources. His company to make a fortune, the Irish State to get almost nothing. By Frank Connolly
    • Fine Gael: Promises, laser pulses and analogue Government. By Vincent Browne
    • Desperate times for the CIA: Marion McKeone on the firing of the CIA chief
    • Stand by your woman: Monica McWillims interviewed
    • Books: A new biography of Ruairí Ó Brádaigh reviewed by S...
    Conflict
    04-05-2006 - Conflict over McDowell's visit to private detectiv
    Exclusive: Conflicting accounts of a secret meeting in Co Meath at which Michael McDowell met Billy Flynn, a private detective, who "broke open" the Garda scandal in Donegal. Flynn speaks to Village and reveals how he obtained crucial phone logs. McDowell threatens Village with libel action
    • The summer of '81: Colum McCann remembers the hunger strikers
    • A piece of Camelot: ...
    Laide:
    26-04-2006 - Laide: new evidence could have convicted him
    Evidence excluded in the original trial could have been presented in a new trial of Dermot Laide for the manslaughter of Brian Murphy
    • General discontent: Marion McKeone on Donald Rumsfeld
    • The Children's boss: Emily Logan profiled by John Byrne
    • Chelsea FC's wasted talent. By Ken Early
    • Real life horror for Pavee Lackeen star

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    Once
    20-04-2006 - Once friends, later enemies
    Hans Kung said Joseph Ratzinger 'sold his soul for power'. Now they have resumed friendship. Hans Kung writes on Benedict XVI
    • Culchies' revenge: Munster to humiliate Leinster
    • Interview: William Hederman meets Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk
    • Susan McKay on the murder of Attracta Harron
    • Chronicle of carnage: road deaths in Ireland

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    Dutchy:
    13-04-2006 - Dutchy: the evidence
    No credible evidence Patrick Holland murdered Veronica Guerin; evidence he should NOT have been convicted on drugs charge
    • Sunday Independent's exclusive 'scare stories'
    • Marion McKeone on the Page Six scandal involving a pal of Bill Clinton
    • Operation Easter: Harry Browne talks to playwright Donal O'Kelly
    • Theatre: The Walworth Farce, almost a masterpiece. By Colin Murphy

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    The
    06-04-2006 - The super-earners and the rest
    No banker deserves fifty times the income of a nurse. Emma Browne and Vincent Browne report on what people earn
    • Denis Donaldson: The killing of a spy. By Gerry Adams and Vincent Browne
    • Alleluia Carole: Carole Coleman tells Colin Murphy about interrogating Bush and blessing women
    • Contepomi: the world's second best fly-half. By Ken Early
    • Colum McCann on John McGahern

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    Gaybo
    30-03-2006 - Gaybo and Carnage
    Road deaths in the Republic of Ireland were 18,000 in the period of 1969-2006 and 8,000 (approx) in Northern Ireland
    • Unhappy Labour by Vincent Browne
    • Podge and Rodge speak to John Byrne
    • Profile: NewsTalk 106's Elaine Geraghty
    • Lost Limerick: decades of State negligence. By Wesley Liddy
    ...
    McDowell
    23-03-2006 - McDowell goes wild on One
    Gleeson goes wild on Late Late: 'Anybody who votes for this crowd might as well kill themselves'
    • Maureen Harding Clark profiled
    • Kader Asmal interviewed
    • Michael McCaughan reports on Alvaro Uribe's reign in Colombia
    • Sport: David O'Leary's poor record with Aston Villa
    ...
    The
    16-03-2006 - The Framing of Phil Flynn
    'They knew I was innocent, yet they leaked damaging stories to the media.' Interview by Vincent Browne
    • Shooting in Rwanda: John Hurt interviewed
    • Ireland's enforcer: Paul O'Connell interviewed
    • Roy Keane may quit football. He talks to Ken Early
    • Hamas: the perils and power. By Hussein Agha and Robert Malley
    • Shooting in Rwanda: John Hurt interviewed
    ...
    Don
    09-03-2006 - 'Don't do a hysterectomy on me'
    A patient's plea to Michael Neary. How three fellow obstetricians said this man had no case to answer. By Mary Raftery and Sara Burke
    • The murder of Donna Cleary: serious questions arise from this murder most foul. By Vincent Browne, John Byrne and Scott Millar
    • Colum McCann's new column from New York
    • Oscar shooter: Martin McDonagh profiled
    ...
    Flames
    02-03-2006 - Flames of Rage
    How the riots happened and why. By Chekov Feeney, Vincent Browne, John Byrne and Colm Heatley
    • Rabbitte in the Tribunal headlights. By Colin Murphy
    • Iraq's burning season: Paul Rogers on the intensifying insurgency and violence
    • New York redemption: Joseph O'Connor interviewed
    • Taking care of RTE: Mary Finan profiled
    ...
    Junior
    23-02-2006 - Junior Minister scam
    The Junior Minister Scam - jobs for the girls and for the boys

    • In 1977 there were only seven Junior Ministers, now there are 17. At least seven of these positions are non-jobs
    • Michael McDowell delivered a challenging lecture to the media in Ireland, which got surprisingly little media attention. It raised issues pressingly relevant to the media in general and to the role of the media in politics
    • It's 20 years since she started acting, but with lead roles ...
    Liar,
    16-02-2006 - Liar, Liar pants on fire
    Frank Dunlop: Lying to the Planning Tribunal
    • Revisiting the Rising: how various 1916 commemorations have been used and abused. By Colin Murphy and Vincent Browne
    • His own man, but still not a minister: Sean Haughey profiled by John Byrne
    • Thrust back into opposing US imperialism: Tariq Ali interviewed
    • High tension in Haiti: Michael McCaughan reports
    ...
    The
    09-02-2006 - The €1.35 Billion Sting
    How the religious orders outmanoeuvred the State. By Mary Raftery
    • Wooing the women: the new Irish Daily Mail. Also: Martin Clarke profiled by John Byrne
    • Searching for the faith: Ralph Fiennes at the Gate reviewed by Colin Murphy
    • Garrett Fitzgerald on morality, politics, justice and Charlie Haughey. Interview by Vincent Browne
    • Genocide in slow motion in Darfur by Nicholas D Kristof
    ...
    Silence
    02-02-2006 - Silence of the Lambs
    Not a bleat of protest over Rabbitte's lurch to the right and his crude "racist" remark on Poles
    • A Tale of Two Gatherings: From the WEF to the World Social Forum
    • Fighting for rights: Aisling Reidy profiled
    • Contradictory, intrusive and libellous claims about Wayne O'Donoghue
    • Nuclear double standards: EU and US ignore treaty
    • After Hamas, a time for politics. Eoin Murray reports from Palestine
    ...
    Majella's
    26-01-2006 - Majella's Challenge to the Legal System
    Why Wayne O'Donoghue got just four years and why evidence was excluded
    • Naomi Wolf interviewed: the feminist icon speaks about her father's wisdom
    • European Governments knew about criminal abductions. By Colin Murphy
    • Eamonn Casey: Opening the floodgates of scandal
    • Iran, Iraq and China: a new global alliance
    ...
    Solicitor
    19-01-2006 - Solicitor overcharged by €1.48 million
    Legal Fees rip-off. By Vincent Browne and Emma Browne
    • Michelle Bachelet, Taboo Breaker: Chile's new president profiled
    • Munster and the Grace of God by Ed Newman
    • Conor Brady on who edits the editors
    • Noam Chomsky in profile. By Harry Browne
    ...
    Crisis
    12-01-2006 - Crisis in the cockpit
    An internal Ryanair report reveals a terrifying account of a near crash at Rome last year. By Colin Murphy
    • Denis O'Brien raids O'Reilly's Indo fortress. By Matt Cooper
    • Celtic's dismal day. Ken Early reports from Clyde
    • John Waters on Mary O'Rourke and the media hunt for scalps
    • A lonesome cowboy for RTÉ: Ana Leddy profiled
    ...
    Torture
    05-01-2006 - Torture
    British Foreign Office Documents reveal US and UK complicity in torture and raise further questions about the use of Shannon by the CIA.
    • Exclusive: British agents in Irish political parties, claims former British intelligence officer
    • Jason Byrne: More an Ever Ready battery than a Duracell bunny
    • Ulick O'Connor: Still angry after all these years
    • Bin Laden deconstructed by Bruce Lawerence
    ...


    2005 Editions


    People
    29-12-2005 - People of the Year
    Catherine McCartney, Séan Óg Ó hAilpín and Colm O'Gorman are among Village's 54 people that defined 2005
    • 'A Priest in the Family' - a short story by Colm Tóibín
    • Ethics in Corporate Ireland: Fyffes case insight, by Vincent Browne
    • The case against Saddam by Eamonn McCann
    ...
    Santa's
    22-12-2005 - Santa's Goodies
    • Treachery: Evidence the British sabotaged an Irish constitutional settlement
    • Explosive allegations: Detective Sergeant says senior gardaí involved in criminality
    • Church row over abuse. By Colm O'Gorman
    • Get rich or die tryin': Jim Sheridan interviewed
    • A short story for Village by Maeve Binchy
    ...
    Connolly
    15-12-2005 - Connolly eased out of Sunday Business Post
    • Frank Connolly, Michael McDowell and Sam Smyth: their parts in the CPI debacle by Vincent Browne, John Byrne and Colin Murphy
    • Harold Pinter on art, truth, politics and murder
    • Richard Pryor and John Lennon remembered by Harry Browne
    • Michael Mills profiled by Vincent Browne
    ...
    The
    08-12-2005 - The Liar and the Sucker
    How Condoleezza Rice hoodwinked Dermot Ahern
    • €500,000 to councillors who voted to rezone Liffey Valley and deprive Neilstown of a town centre
    • Vintage Nell: Extracts from Nell McCafferty's new book
    • George Monbiot on protesting for climate change
    • Nora Wall profiled by John Byrne
    ...
    Censored:
    01-12-2005 - Censored: Attack on corporate greed
    • Indo/IrishFerries
    • James Bond comes to the Morris Tribunal
    • Eamon Casey Nightmare revived
    • Health service a shambles
    • George Hook profiled
    ...
    Another
    24-11-2005 - Another Crime Crisis, Another Crime Gimmick
    McDowell: tough on crime, soft on the causes of crime
    • Keane 1993 - 2005: Red Legend
    • The great Corrib gas controversy by Harry Browne
    • Enda Kenny replies to Village
    • Claiming what is rightfully hers: Susan McKay on Rhonda Paisley
    ...
    Racism:
    17-11-2005 - Racism: Enda Kenny and media on Travellers
    How the Fine Gael leader has alligned himself with those that believe Padraig Nally was unjustly convicted
    • Indemnity deal: the Government knew that the religious orders would pay only a fraction of the redress costs. Plus The Who's Who of Ireland's Catholic hierarchy
    • Marion McKeone on the media phenomenon of Maureen Dowd
    • Sport: Why Eddie O'Sullivan should go by Ed Newman
    • Robert Fisk and the connection between the Paris ri...
    Grainne
    10-11-2005 - Grainne Seoige
    • Grainne Seoige: Women in the news and the fair face of the foreign media invasion
      • Enda Kenny and the faint hope of a change of Government
      • The Pitstop Ploughshares: had they done more damage to the US military aircraft, they might have been found not guilty by now
      • Going nowhere: 21 problems with Transport 21
      • Conor Brady, Gerry Adams and Vincent Browne
      ...
    Keane:
    03-11-2005 - Keane: Raging against the dying of the light
    Ken Early on Roy Keane, who blasted his lazy teammates in an outburst of trademark "honesty"
    • Child rape crisis: how the Government has failed to implement the recommendations of the SAVI Report
    • Aengus Fanning and the Sunday Independent's bogus apology over their coverage of Liam Lawlor's death
    • Overdosed America: Jim Dee exposes the US' big pharmaceutical companies
    • Conor Brady and Field Day's Bisi Agidun on multicultural I...
    They
    27-10-2005 - They knew, they insured, they did nothing
    The Catholic Church imposed secrecy about its clerical sex abuse under pain of excommunication
    • Sir Sleaze O'Reilly - the media and Lawlor's death by Conor Brady, Vincent Browne, Eoin Ó Murchú and Eithne Earley-Jenkerson
    • Sex, lies and politics in Washington and New York by Marion McKeone
    • Sean Garland profiled
    • Abramovich, the Russian destroyer by Ken Early
    ...
    Falsely
    20-10-2005 - Falsely Fingering Sophie's Killer
    How gardaí got Marie Farrell to identify Ian Bailey

    • John Pilger profiles Harold Pinter
    • Why Munster can win the Heineken Cup
    • Irvine Welsh interviewed
    • Exiled Burmese activists speak to David Shanks about their campaign
    • PJ O'Rourke on Slam Dunks and No-Brainers, a new book by Leslie Saran
    ...
    Booze-Up
    13-10-2005 - Booze-Up in a Brewery
    How the Governement wasted billions: we outline some of the more glaring instances of wastage of public funds
    • Excerpt  from John Banville's  "The Sea"
    • Ken Early on Sven-Goran Eriksson
    • Amy Goodman of Democracy Now talks to Tariq Ali in the wake of the Pakistani earthquake
    • Colin Murphy profiles Samantha Mumba
    ...
    Circus
    06-10-2005 - Circus Politics
    The Dáil has become a pantomime, no debate on anything that matters

    • Ruairi Quinn's autobiography reveals the irrelevancy of Labour
    • George W Bush profiled by Walter Ellis
    • Kerr's Last Stand by Ken Early
    • John Allen Jr on "The Listening Pope"
    • Gerry Adams on the Rossport Five
    ...
    Shannon
    29-09-2005 - Shannon and the torture of suspects
    • CIA planes land 85 times in Shannon since 2001
      • New Indo editor
      • Time for 'real politik'
      • 'No prize heifer'
      • Tyrone's triumph

      ...
    Beating
    23-09-2005 - Beating The System
    McBrearty wins vindication O'Reilly wins delay of inquiry into questionable payment to Ray Burke

    • Labour think-in
    • Fergal Keane on Hurricane Rita
    • Cecelia Ahern interviewed
    • Hain's first 100 days
    • Gerry Adams on Clinton's global initiative
    ...
    The
    16-09-2005 - The Making of Another Cover-up
    • Why the terms of reference for the enquiry into how Brian Rossiter(14) died having been in Garda custody will fail to discover how he died and how Michael McDowell ignored the case for a year and a half.
      • Charlie at 80
      • The reality of Iraq's occupation
      • Labour would meet 0.7% aid target by 2010
      • Further questions for Eddie Hobbs
      ...
    Eddie
    09-09-2005 - Eddie Hobbs threatens Village
    • Eddie Hobbs threatens Village and denies financial impropriety. Inside: Eddie Hobbs and the management of client's finances.
      • Robert Puttnam: Bowling with Bertie
      • Rage in Raphoe by Vincent Browne
      • Hurling final: Paul Rouse preview
      • In & out: Fringe Festival preview
      ...
    Eddie
    02-09-2005 - Eddie Hobbs & Cabaret Politics
    • Rip-off Ireland: tapping into public outrage over massive wasting and incompetence. The overspending on roads alone would fund the best health service in the world.
      • Political parties go on annual shindigs
      • Iraq: George Bush's Islamic republic
      ...
    Radio
    26-08-2005 - Radio HELL
    • Ryan Tubridy's radio programme assailed by critics while RTE ratings slump. Ryan Tubridy interviewed; commentary by Harry Browne
      • Vanunu on Israel's nuclear capability
      • Diarmuid Martin: Ireland's sacred cows
      • Graeme Souness to get the boot
      • Johnny Giles profiled
      ...
    The
    19-08-2005 - The Birthday Killing
    • How William Monaghan of Meath was saved from life imprisonment in San Francisco by the girlfriend of the man he killed.
      • Ireland in 'Coalition of the willing'
      • Gerry Adams: right to speak in Dail
      • Soccer: Premiership predictions
      • Iran: nuclear politics and its leader
      • Special report: Cashel of the kings
      ...
    IRA
    29-07-2005 - IRA ENDGAME
    • Fianna Fail at the Races
    • General Election Predictions
    • Roy Keane: Silly Season Red Mists
    ...
    The
    15-07-2005 - The Real Terrorists
    • Al Qaida: the truth by Jason Burke
    • Bush Strategist Karl Rove won't quit
    • The Real Terrorists, Special Report: Tony Blair and George Bush Have Killed More Than Those They Call Terrorists
    ...
    Climbdown
    01-07-2005 - Climbdown
    • Brian Rossiter (14) died in Garda custody. McDowell ignored inquiry please for 18 months - until Village broke the story.
      • New evidence of Garda beating in Clonmel station
      • Haughey: from fiasco to farce
      • Shell in Mayo: no benefits to Ireland
      • Art: Planet Football reviewed
      ...
    Sexed
    17-06-2005 - Sexed Up Haughey Dumbed Down TV Drama
    • Tyson -beater Kevin McBride profiled
    • The Thatcherisation of Blair
    • Exclusive: Brian Rossiters death in Garda custody
    ...
    Miriam
    10-06-2005 - Miriam O'Callaghan And the Wooing Of Charlie
    • Newstalk's Damien Kiberd Profiled
    • Sean Doherty by John Waters and Vincent Browne
    • John B keane's last interview with Vincent Browne
    ...
    Conroy
    03-06-2005 - Conroy must go
    • Conroy must go: Analysis of the Second Morris Tribunal Report by Vincent Browne
    • The Morris Report, a Village special by Gerard Cunningham
    • John Mortimer interviewed
    • Brian O'Driscoll: pride of the Lions
    ...
    Road
    27-05-2005 - Road Rage
    • Road Rage: Public anger at the Governments refusal to equip school buses properly
    • John Banville interviewed
    • Sunday Tribune loses €37 million
    • Cork's city of culture a non-starter
    ...
    Unfit
    20-05-2005 - Unfit for Office
    • Unfit for Office: Michael McDowell's inflammatory remarks on asylum seekers and his 'Operation Anvil' crime stunt make him unfit for governmen.
    • Abbey Cracker: Better drama than they've had for ages
    • Bruce Springsteen back on the loose
    • UCD president Hugh Brady profiled
    ...
    False
    06-05-2005 - False Imprisonment In St Brendans
    • Van Morrison profiled
    • Gordon Brown: The real winner of the UK election
    • Liverpool and AC Milan by Graham Hunter
    • The story of the false imprisonment of John Manwiller
    ...
    Paralysis
    29-04-2005 - Paralysis
    • Government by indecision: 20 broken promises and counting
    • Beverly Cooper-Flynn talks to Eoin O'Murchu
    • Graham Hunter on Anfield decider for Chelsea
    ...
    The
    15-04-2005 - The Incredibles
    • Disgraced Gardai still serving
    • Tony Blair and Gordon Brown'sTriple Crown Bid
    • Gerry Adams Writes About The Response To His IRA Appeal
    ...
    Biblical
    08-04-2005 - Biblical Outpouring of Sorrow
    • Critical Assesment of Pope John Paul II by John Allen
    • Harry Browne on Sycophantic Media Coverage
    • Fergal Keane reports from Rome
    ...
    The
    02-04-2005 - The Long Goodbye
    • The Death of Pope John Paul II
    • U2
    • Garda Corruption
    ...
    Messiah
    19-03-2005 - Messiah Goes To The Promised Land
    • Roy Keane and The World Cup match against Israel
    • Tribunals May Have Been Operated Illegally
    • Gerry McCabe Killers May Get Early Release
    ...
    Next
    12-03-2005 - Next Taoiseach? In your dreams Micheal
    • My Escape and Shooting in Iraq: Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena's dramatic story
    • McDowells plans to reform Gardai
    • Adams and the hunger strikes
    • Arsenal's Wenger targets Spain
    ...
    Rough
    26-02-2005 - Rough Justice
    • The Killing Of Brian Murphy
    • Hilary Clinton profiled
    • Hunter S Thompson
    • The Exile Of Sinn Fein
    ...
    The
    12-02-2005 - The Irish Times
    • Gerry Adams On Bertie Ahern
    • Conor Brady on The Irish Times and Kevin Myers
    • Vincent Browne on "bogus" apololgy
    • Noam Chomsky on America
    ...
    The
    29-01-2005 - The Scandal Of Missing Children
    Health Service and Gardai Indiffrent to Dangers Of Abuse
    • Vincent Browne On Ray Burke
    • Gerry Adams On Meeting Bertie
    • Killing And Unrest In Darfur
    ...
    Some
    08-01-2005 - Some Loving God
    • Asian Tsunami
    • Warren Gartland
    • Johnny Adair
    ...


    2004 Editions


    My
    30-12-2004 - My friend Peter Ustinov
    • Scandal of Mental Hospitals By Vincent Browne
    • IRA big business by Suzanne Breen
    • Tsunami: aftershocks by Tom Farrell
    ...
    How
    23-12-2004 - How Jesus Became God
    • Lloyd Geering traces the path of Jesus
    • 2004 Reviewed
    • Seamus Heaney
    ...
    Tribunal
    13-11-2004 - Tribunal Cop-out
    • Morris Tribunal
    • Northern Peace Process
    • Garda Corruption
    ...


    Malachy Browne
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    Malachy edits and manages Politico. In 2008 -2009 Malachy worked as a freelancer to the Sunday Tribune, Emerald Times and Sunday Times (design). He was Deputy Editor at Village from 2007 to 2008; he contributed to Village prior to this and was online editor of the associated website Village.ie.

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