Straight
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By Niall Gormley


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A weekly opinion column published in
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Time to get back on the bus
Remembrance? Remember everything
The new Irish slave trade
A majoritarian dictatorship
Childcare - let parents decide
A ticket to ride. But when?
No more heroes anymore?
Banks prove competition flaw
ASBOs won't cure the pain
Ireland? Never heard of it!
Declare your own ceasefire
So I've been dead for a year
For Dublin the only way is up
Dublin Olympics 2020? Maybe not
Islamism is just a phase
Warplanes don't cause wars
Irish: spending the good will
The case against immigration
Burning up common sense
Just when I thought about 'Yes'
One of those hated do-gooders
An airport is but a runway
A lot of nonsense over Tara
Pro-lifers are kicking the dog
Al Quaida victory at Dublin Airport
Croker: Whingers still whinging
Aer Lingus poses a socialist problem
Ireland is not a catholic country
Oh No! It’s ratemycolumnist.com
Deportations must be humane
Croke Park mirrors Ireland’s success
Time for less common cents
WOW! It’s a... big shop
Stay where you are, Aongus
Myers said sorry - move on
Beating spam into ploughshares
Prison plan is all wrong
Why Rambo should not have been jailed
Four Courts should sort out Westlink
Waste charges still missing the target
International Rescue still a good idea
Dún Laoghaire victim of War on Terror
Another good year in Ireland
Sinn Fein not quite ready for power
Poverty at home - poverty abroad
The big flaw in the motorway plan
‘Red Bertie’ rescues Aer Lingus
Ferdinand, Mutu and a high horse
Liberal becomes a dirty word
Beware UFOs over Portmarnock
Dunsink - the lessons unlearned
Just give Rovers the money
No sign of a Northside Luas line
Mayor! Stay away from my stallion!
Alcohol - collective punishment beckons
Why everyone should have to slop out
Who's guilty of 'Carrickmadness'?
Why are Dublin's schools emptying?
Three cheers for Gillian Murphy
Keeping us from our day in court
Was Ian Malone right to go to Iraq?
Irish soccer turning a corner
Ryanair is not such a miracle
Baffled by the Aer Rianta plan
The internet - a Ferrari on a boreen


Why so few are cycling to work
Between Islam and going topless
Smoking ban is an attack on freedom
Time to get rid of pensioners
Ireland has be hugely successful
You can't out-Herald the Herald
The trouble with Portmarnock GC
Adamstown - a template for Ireland
Kevin Bacon proves it’s a small world
Why can’t we have fair elections?
We need a floating motorway
Third level study is over-rated
GPs are such a rip-off
Bishops right about the scouts
Sad people who complain about ads?
Pat approaches the tipping point
Pious nonsense about drink
I wasn’t wrong about the war
Bertie finally wakes up on housing
Terrorism? Don’t make me laugh
Forget about Hill 16 plan
Dublin needs both bigger and smaller government
What about the ‘PITA’ problem?
Mixed feelings on the war
Beware road pricing
Smoking - the jackboot descends
So I'm Anti-American?
Still trying to learn Irish
A gift that will last a lifetime
Since when did 'amateur' become a bad word?
Brennan should act on Luas capacity now
Time to relate fines to income
The truth about skin colour
The very last word on Nice
Taxing fags is a cynical ploy
Vote No for a better Europe
Northern police moves show the way
Yes side resorts to Soviet tactics
Brennan's intervention was scandalous
FAI,IRFU should get their hands in their pockets
S2S initiative deserves to succeed
The Leaving Cert is a crazy system
Relative poverty isn't necessarily poverty
Time to end the Special Criminal Court
Charity to publicans has got to stop
Our urban sprawl is not so bad - yet
How would you vote in a Border Poll?
Pay-Per-View is a sound principle
Defence money could be better spent
The Seanad - the great stitch-up
Safety is now the biggest threat to freedom
Soccer is not football
Contemplating Bono
Damn this election hangover
Ireland needs a motorway system
Fianna Fail - way ahead of us
BertieBowl - what you should know before you vote
The problem with Friday...
Elections - we need fairness
Waste charge - to pay or not to pay
Angelus campaign is pure intolerance
Scandals aren't what they use to be
What's wrong with running a brothel?
United Ireland could take the shine off Dublin
Why send three yes-men to Europe?
McDowell is into conflict denial
Don't worry about abortion - vote no
Time to look again at a Liffey Weir
We have the best electoral system in the world
Beaumont killing - don't assume a racist motive
Everyone is guilty of something - especially me
Segregation at the heart of soccer's troubles
New Year's Resolution - learn Irish (again)
Hail the euro and roll on the worldo
Houses are for living in
Only the violent should go to jail
Eircom - we've been screwed
Stadium Ireland - the game is on
Treatment of RTE a national betrayal
GAA must move on Rule 21
Why you should worry about farming
First tobacco, then drink, next sweets
The Labour coalition plan five years late
Abortion is coming - like it or not
In support of revolutionary violence
Forget neutrality but forget alliances too
Twin Towers coverage totally over the top
Twin Towers - the world comes to meet us
People should listen to John Waters
3p would transform the Liffey Valley
Road pricing discriminates against the poor
M50 plan breaches fundamental policy
Farmleigh - a scandalous waste of money
Why it's good that the Supreme Court said no
Pro-choice groups seem incapable of facing the truth
Getting away with intimidation
You can take your sun and shove it
A little hypocrisy is a good thing
Breathtaking, Gobsmacking, Barefaced Arrogance
Smoke signals on the road to decriminalisation
The case for two-wheeled transport
Have the courage to vote No to Nice
Who says marriage is a good thing?
Security industry is part of the crime problem
A simple way to make the poor better off
Me, my Weetabix, and the waste charges
Is there a future for socialism?
Why so many people hate the GAA
The State needs to get out into the community
I've just got a job in the New Economy
Ireland needs RTE to get more resources
Stadium opponents must agree an alternative
QBC's show the limitations of the on-street option
The Cardinal defends his market share
Golf - the definitive waste of space
Europe should come clean about the future
Why you should love your local TD
Thinking about Gerry Anderson's good idea
The real truth about animal rights
New Urbanism could make the city habitable

Keeping us alive - but for what?
New Year's resolution - learn Irish
A year of ups and downs (mainly ups)
Democratic enterprize the key to fairness
Privatisation driven by petty greed
Like the world needs another army
Trying to be rational about abortion
Parents must be free to choose
Did global warming sink Lucan
Libertarianism is not the preserve of the right
Student housing would ease the crisis
A chance to do some useful twinning
Taxis, road rage, Christmas & all that
Should we relook at nuclear power?
We don't owe the Europeans anything
Racism verdict could be counterproductive
Croke Park/Eircom Park - a perfect combination
Is it time to close the zoo?
Contemplating the world of zero packaging
Dublin needs a new form of government
Life... sponsored by Coca Cola
Acceleration is the key to road safety
Two cheers for the new metro
Playboy is a warped liberation
Dublin radio is a shambles
Property still more important than people
The internet may yet topple Man Utd
Your part in the fight against racism
O'Donoghue's bad criminal record
Time to stop playing with toy trains
Marriage is doomed to failure
Corruption? Give me a break
Learning to live with odd people
The British are back and they're after your money
There's too many Irish in this country
Our weather is not as dismal as our attitude to it
Right wing claims of success are rubbish
The breast, sexism, power and all that
Beware Orange feet on Dawson Street
The planners get it right at last
The Tobin Tax could change the world
The GAA should consider playing soccer
Insurance - a licence to discriminate
Posh and Becks - same old story
Is there any hope for Irish?
We owe the Eco-warriors a debt
National Stadium is a monument to elitism
What's so bad about teenage drinking?
Traffic chaos - try giving out free cars
McCreevey got it right on tax rates
The budget turns us into commodities
Christmas present? A new government
Cannabis users should start getting angry
Callely is entitled to his opinion - just about
Dublin transport sold short in National Plan
Why you shouldn't want tax cuts
Only one solution to the housing crisis
Racism is not a matter of manners
The right to decide for yourself

 

Straight Thinking

Soccer is not football

Safety is now the biggest threat to freedom

Fianna Fail - way ahead of us

Angelus campaign is pure intolerance

Hail the euro and roll on the worldo

Time to look again at a Liffey Weir

Segregation at the heart of soccer's troubles

A little hypocrisy is a good thing

Me, my Weetabix and the waste charges

Golf - the definitive waste of space


New Urbanism could make the city habitable

Thinking about Gerry Anderson's good idea

A chance to do some useful twinning

Croke Park/
Eircom Park - a perfect combination

Dublin needs a new form of government

Acceleration is the key to road safety

The internet may yet topple Man Utd

The GAA should consider playing soccer

Traffic chaos - try giving out free cars

Only one solution to the housing crisis