Pope Francis held 15 minutes of talks yesterday with Burma’s military chief at the start of a visit to a majority-Buddhist country. 

Our shameful housing crisis has been in the headlines for so long now that it would not be surprising if a contemporary version of donor fatigue kicks in. 

It might be easy to joke about the low use, below 5%, of the €38m Eircode but, as is often the case, the joke is really on us.

AS the last few days have underlined, it is far easier to criticise politics than it is to participate in that circular, often degrading melee. 

Society shows its support for vulnerable people in many ways. 

For more than 200 years, from the 18th century to the late 20th century, so-called ‘fallen’ women and their children endured the horrors of the Magdalene laundries. 

Like other notable celebratory days on the calendar, Black Friday has now morphed into a full weekend, culminating in Cyber Monday, with retailers encouraging shoppers to take to the high street on the Friday and go online on Monday.

The phrase “all politics is local” is generally attributed to the former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, the late Tip O’Neill. 

Twenty years ago the Law Reform Commission called for a modernised, effective and accessible family law court structure.

As Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald yesterday confronted the strengthening possibility that she might become the second justice minister to lose a cabinet seat over one of the scandals that have so altered the perception of An Garda Síochána, another episode in our culture war played out in a Leinster House committee room when senior gardaí were guests of the Public Accounts Committee.