ATROCITIES in faraway places hardly ever provoke the kind of reaction a car bomb or a shooting in a city we might have visited once upon a time do.

ENVIRONMENT Minister Simon Coveney was acutely aware of the difficulties he faced when he sought the housing portfolio in government but he might not have anticipated an extra lip to that poisoned chalice in the form of bin charges.

WHEN Fáilte Ireland first began to rebrand the country as a tourist destination, some in the hospitality industry were fearful that it could backfire.

APART, perhaps, from in the Kremlin in Moscow, few tears will be shed at the decision of the world athletics governing body to maintain its doping ban on all Russian athletes competing anywhere, including at the Rio Olympics.

YESTERDAY’S report on public perceptions of An Garda Síochána contains messages that if not entirely contradictory do not sit well together.