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Margaret Rossiter Column: Walking on the Russian border

It was a pleasant road through a dense forest of mixed plantations of broadleaf and pine trees. It was a little wider, and somewhat better maintained, than our average Irish boreen. It was a pleasant place for a casual walk on a warm July day. But ...

10 Mar 2022 at 18:00

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Margaret Rossiter Column: The ‘New Normal’ and memories of ‘Gone with the Wind’

In a recent discussion on an RTE radio programme on the subject of old films, ‘Gone with the Wind’ was mentioned as a classic. It was based on Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel of the same title, written in the late 1930s, telling the story of a ...

27 Feb 2022 at 08:00

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Why is it that our children are not walking to school anymore?

We were a group of four friends, old in years, a bit crotchety, meeting each other for a chat over coffee. We had been released from isolation by the small concessions now allowed under the Covid lockdown legislation. All of us were ...

19 Feb 2022 at 09:00

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Margaret Rossiter: The role of the courts in the maintenance of law and order

Reports of the recent murder of a young woman on the banks of a canal in Tullamore have dominated the news and comment pages of our print media in the past weeks. It has also occupied much space on our radio and television channels....

28 Jan 2022 at 09:30

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Margaret Rossiter's Column: Walking the walls - a youthful impression that lasted a lifetime

Our five minute walk to primary school in Morton Street every morning was via the church path in Old St Mary’s. Our walk home every afternoon took much longer, from 45 minutes to an hour. We, a group of friends, walked slowly, ...

21 Jan 2022 at 08:00

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Margaret Rossiter: Where have all the wren-boys gone on St Stephen's Day

It is now many many decades since I last saw the wren boys on the streets of Clonmel on St Stephen’s Day, and at that stage the tradition was already in decline. The boys called themselves “wran boys” and were known locally ...

26 Dec 2022 at 08:30

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Why are some people anti-vaxxers?

We live in a free, democratic state where people are entitled to have personal opinions. At the present time, when the world is invaded by a dangerous virus, there are people who refuse to avail of a medicine - a vaccine - ...

03 Dec 2021 at 08:00

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Margaret Rossiter Column: A fortnight of fun with our beautiful great-granddaughter

When news reached us that we were about to have a two-week visit from a two-year-old great-granddaughter, it was greeted with more than a passing anxiety. Yes, it would be a great pleasure, and, yes, it would be a great ...

05 Nov 2021 at 09:30

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How long can we continue to live with the car?

How long can we continue to live with the car? Ask a stupid question! The immediate answer must surely be in the form of another question: Can we live without the car? The internal combustion engine has now become such ...

20 Nov 2021 at 11:00

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Marking a special birthday - December 6, 1921

In a recent analysis of the results of a survey, under the title “Global Trends 2021” (Fintan O’Toole - Irish Times November 13) reports that we Irish have scored very well in how we think of ourselves and of our ...

24 Nov 2021 at 17:48

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One thing columnist Margaret Rossiter would do if she won the lotto!

A 100th birthday should be the occasion of celebration, whether in a person’s life or the marking of a very special event in the history of a country. Yet, that very special occasion in the history of our ...

14 Jan 2022 at 18:30

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Margaret Rossiter's Column - There's trouble in RTE

There is a theory that institutions should be seriously examined every few decades; they should be taken apart, shaken out of their comfort zone, to see how they are functioning. Are they doing what they ...

21 Jul 2023 at 11:00

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