No place in modern Ireland for sham offence of blasphemy

On October 26, we must confirm what we have recognised for years and dump this anachronism, writes Andrea Martin

The Patrick Kavanagh statue on the Grand Canal

We all have our 'sacred cows' - passions and beliefs so important to us it hurts to have them treated with disrespect.

A friend working in television once filmed a comedy item for a Valentine's Day TV show. It featured a young woman writing lousy romantic verse as she sat beside the bronze figure of Patrick Kavanagh ruminating on his canal-bank seat.