Shane Doran
Shane Doran is a former newspaper Editor who has held senior executive roles across five national newspaper titles, both broadsheet and tabloid.
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MICHAEL WOLSEY: Why Minister Norma is the best girl in class
Norma Foley is the best pupil in Micheál Martin’s class. That’s not a great distinction, for they are an unruly bunch of under-achievers. They
WINE O’CLOCK: Whites to sip as the leaves turn red
Keats called autumn the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, and undoubtedly it is a time for mellow and fruity wines. We’re putting away the
MICHAEL WOLSEY: A pint and a pizza from the place next door
I recently went with some friends for a drink and a bite to eat in a small village pub. I don’t think it normally serves food. I’m not sure it
MICHAEL WOLSEY: Predicted grades fail the test, so leave the Leaving alone
Final year exam results were greeted with dismay and anger in the North, and across Britain, because the marks predicted by teachers for some students had
WINE O’CLOCK: Popularity breeds content
Sales of Picpoul de Pinet are increasing faster than those of any other wine in the UK, where Tesco alone expects to sell close to two million bottles this
MICHAEL WOLSEY: Green invaders from the Red Planet
Is there life on Mars? Three new attempts are underway to find an answer to that old question, with missions launched recently by the USA, China and the
WINE O’CLOCK: Invite the neighbours to your barbeque
Sancerre and Pouilly-sur-Loire are small French towns facing each other across the River Loire, good neighbours but serious rivals when it comes to the
MICHAEL WOLSEY: Without John Hume there might have been no peace process. Without Gerry Adams there might have been no need for one.
John Hume led Ireland out of darkness so it was fitting that Ireland lit a candle for John Hume – thousands of candles, in fact, in homes and
WINE O’CLOCK: Say cheese – and pick a wine to make you smile
Whatever happened to wine and cheese parties? They used to be very popular. Charities ran them to raise money and cheapskates, who didn’t want to
MICHAEL WOLSEY: Would you clap hands for Linfield?
Loyalist supporters of Linfield football club caused serious trouble in Dundalk during and after a European Cup match in 1979 . The rioting opened a wound
MICHAEL WOLSEY: Our dear little island lives up to its name
I have been on staycation in Galway with three generations of my family. We should have been in Malta – but sure we all have to make sacrifices in
PAUL HOPKINS: Men, when it comes to the long summer and the shorts of it …
Amid all the madness, and sadness, that is Covid-19, there has been one redeeming factor — it has not been a bad summer so far, and, though the outlook,
WINE O’CLOCK: A drink for the dry season
Full of fruit … bursting with fruity flavour. Those are descriptions of wine you will often see quoted by way of a compliment. Not by me. I dislike
MICHAEL WOLSEY: He was Lucky Jack – and we were lucky to have him
Napoleon wished for lucky generals. It is also a useful attribute for football managers and Jack Charlton was a lucky manager. He was lucky to get the
PAUL HOPKINS: Are school days the best days of your life?
John Dighton was a British playwright and screenwriter of minor note, among whose work was Kind Hearts And Coronets and Roman Holiday for the cinema and
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Michael Wolsey
Michael has 50 years’ experience as a journalist and editor on national and local newspapers.
