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'At the heart of the Irish experience, there is a need to filter the way we experience the world. We're in danger of drinking ourselves into a national stupor'
Ireland is a hard society in which to be sober . Giving up
alcohol in a country with a drink problem can mean the end of
friendships, feeling like an outsider - and being treated like one
too. p
Life inside the protest camp
The protesters who tried - and on Thursday failed - to stop M3
construction workers cutting through an esker near the Hill of Tara
have been living for as long as two years in squalid, muddy
conditions in tents and tree houses p
ROADWORKS RESUME: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
On Thursday, gardaí moved onto the site at Rath Lugh to allow construction workers to build a two-metre tall spiked steel fence to separate the construction site from the protest encampment. p
News Features
Trooping the Tricolour?
A state visit by the British monarch is seen as the inevitable culmination of the peace process, but not in the immediate future pMen behaving badly
Food issues, bickering, boredom and the occasional fit of giggles - there are some quirky details in Jonathan Powell's compelling account of the peace process pThrough a media mill of her own making
Sir Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills has been branded a gold-digger, a liar, a fantasist and a trollop in the press - but does she deserve such vitriolic coverage? pEaster rhythms at the heart of the Catholic Church
There are many ways to celebrate Easter in the eternal city, from scaling the 28 steps of the Scala Santa on your knees to joining the Pope at the Way of the Cross ceremony in the Colosseum pCrisis point for Kundun
PROFILE DALAI LAMA: The world's most recognisable monk is either a powerful ambassador for peace or, in the eyes of his enemies, 'a wolf in monk's robes'. But nearly 50 years after fleeing Tibet, it is still unlikely he will ever return pCV THE DALAI LAMA
Who is he? The religious leader of Tibetan Buddhists worldwide, a god-king who shepherds his flock from the Indian city of Dharamsala since he was forced to flee Lhasa in 1956 following a failed uprising against Chinese occupation. pLast secret of a cult?
Psychopathic killer Charles Manson may have buried victims in the desert, and a group of amateur sleuths are determined to find out where pHelpful advice for self-help TV
Present Tense: ON WEDNESDAY night, RTÉ1 broadcast a new series, Not Enough Hours , in which a man with a clipboard and a camera crew came to the aid of a workaholic. pTHIS WEEK THEY SAID
I have no recall of sterling being in my hands, ever. - Gráinne Carruth, who worked at Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's office in St Luke's, Drumcondra, from 1987 to 1999, giving evidence to the Mahon tribunal. pSEVEN DAYS
A glance at the week that was p
