COMMENT/ANALYSIS - IRISH EXAMINER
Will mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse improve or harm child protection?
As the 6th National Child Protection and Welfare Conference gets underway in UCC, social workers are asking if mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse will improve or harm their ability to protect children, writes Health Correspondent Catherine Shanahan.
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Like the Palestinians, the Kurdish people deserve a state
The West’s failure to support Kurdish independence will condemn this people to further oppression by hostile forces, writes Shlomo Avineri.
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Banking scandal means more of the same as Donohoe fails first big test
Once all the anger was vented, we were left with very little, writes Daniel McConnell.
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Michael Clifford: It looks like a cover-up, walks like a cover-up, and smells like a cover-up...
The Charleton Tribunal came across a serious cover-up yesterday. As of now, the cover-up is only alleged, writes Michael Clifford.
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The lesson is that struggling preschool staff want a fair wage
Parents are paying the equivalent of a second mortgage on childcare because state investment is 10% of what is internationally recommended, says Marian Quinn
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To sympathise with the groomer is to fall prey
We should not feel sympathy for Tom Humphries. One expert says we need to realise nothing happened to him, that it’s entirely of his own design, reports Joyce Fegan
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New book provides fresh insights into Éamon de Valera’s remarkable rise to power
The darkest part of Éamon de Valera’s political life is chronicled in a new book that whets the appetite for the second volume, writes Ryle Dwyer.
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Central Bank Governor holds his bark and bite for now on tracker mortgage scandal
While politicians of all stripes line up to criticise the banks, Philip Lane, the Central Bank governor, has been reserved. So far, it seems to be working, writes Michael Clifford.
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Republicans must renounce Trump to save US democracy
The president cannot be tamed, so it is time to put the national interest ahead of party politics, says Nina L Khrushcheva.
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This guy’s Stranger Things Halloween costume is sublime
See the beautiful golden snitch ring created by a Harry Potter fan
Donald Trump accidentally wished happy birthday to a guy who appears to be anti-Trump on Twitter
5 grown-up wellbeing tricks to treat yourself with this Halloween
An artist in Italy has mown Kim Jong Un’s face into a 20,000 square metre field
See Rome’s Trevi Fountain dyed red by an anti-corruption activist
- Michael Clifford: It looks like a cover-up, walks like a cover-up, and smells like a cover-up...
Sterling decline is bad for Ireland; a 'no deal' Brexit even worse 
Girl, 12, goes to High Court to sue for right to compete in Irish dancing world championship qualifier- To sympathise with the groomer is to fall prey
Irish dancing body to consider exemption for 12-yr-old girl to compete in world championship qualifier
Ballyragget GAA club to co-operate fully with investigation into lewd photo scandal
The need for a culture change in Cork
Kevin O’Donovan: I’m offering alternative to Cork status quo
Jackie Lavin settles High Court action against her partner Bill Cullen
'Everything special has been completely desecrated': Locals shocked as church vandalised
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Toddler sues after falling from hotel balcony
Child protection system ‘not ready’ for mandatory reporting of abuse concerns- WORLD
David Rawle takes on role as killer Brendan O’Donnell, a world away from Moone Boy- BUSINESS
EU to probe tax break by Britain for multinationals
OPINION: Bankers abused our trust- SPORT
Simon Zebo move to Racing is not a done deal...
"The quality in Meath is just not there at the moment."- LIFESTYLE
'Jazz doesn’t exist': New Orleans trumpeter Nicholas Payton happy to mix it up
Kathy Griffin - Catch her while you can