The latest unemployment figures from the Central Statistics Office show that while Ireland has made considerable progress since the economic crash, we still have some ways to go before we return to pre-recession days, when there was a job for anyone prepared to work for a living.

In his long-awaited report, John Chilcot has delivered a restrained yet devastating critique of former British prime minister Tony Blair’s decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003.

The sudden departure of Joe O’Toole as chairman of the water charges commission will make even more difficult the task of Housing Minister Simon Coveney as he travels to Brussels to explain the Government’s decision to suspend water charges.

HILARY CLINTON, the putative Democratic candidate in November’s ’s White House race will be relieved that the FBI has recommended that no criminal charges be brought against her over her use of a private email server while she served as US secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.

A GOOD number of the difficulties facing this society can be traced to an over-reliance on the market to solve problems.

So, how many generals can a cause lose before the cause itself is lost? 

Figures showing that house prices have jumped by between 11% and 17% in Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Waterford over the last year underline the scale of the housing crisis and how very difficult it will be to resolve.