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Democracy at risk in media meltdown

Ireland’s international reputation is in tatters thanks to strange goings on in business, government and regulatory circles. Now, more than ever, we need a strong investigative media committed to shining a light in all those dark places. Who dares to fund it?

How an honest Ulsterman crowned the customer

MORE THAN 130 years ago this month, one of Ireland’s most entrepreneurial sons was kidnapped. Strangely enough, he was already dead.

On November 7th, 1878, the body of Lisburn man Alexander Turney Stewart was stolen from its grave at St Mark’s Church in the Bowery area of lower Manhattan. The kidnappers demanded a substantial ransom.