Irish government role in Banks
The account in today’s Irish Times of Dermot Desmond’s questions in relation to the recent appointment of a new chief executive of Bank of Ireland is not unexpected – he is expressing a concern felt by many people. Even if the new appointee is the best man for the job – the author would not [...]
John Updike passes on.
Very sad to read of John Updike’s death yesterday. Updike was a brilliant writer – many would argue the outstanding Amercian novelist of the 20th Century, I had the pleasure of meeting him on a couple of occasions through good friends of his in the US. There are tributes in many of the newspapers today [...]