As rural Ireland is gradually stripped of its natural resources, ROBERT ALLEN discovers why a coastal management scheme that promised protection never got off the ground Premium service article

THE ONLY SURPRISE regarding the ignominious end to the Sunday Times career of Kevin Myers is that it took so long for him to be given the elbow by one of the so-called ‘quality’ titles that gave him a platform for his poison over many years. It’s a shame, however, that it took a decision in London rather than Dublin to finally put a halt to his privileged, public outpourings. Free article