WOMEN are being subjected to extraordinary and barbaric acts of violence every day in this country — that is a fact.

IN an exclusive interview with the Irish Examiner on Tuesday, the partner of the late right-to-die campaigner Marie Fleming admitted that he has helped dozens of seriously and terminally ill people plan their deaths.

THERE is a growing consensus among a motley crew of Irish politicians and trade unions to bar the US presidential candidate Donald Trump from entering Ireland on a planned trip by him later this month.

During the darkest days of the recession, when nearly every worker in every sector faced bruising pay cuts and more demanding conditions — if they did not lose their job — any imposition on those employed by the State was characterised by the public sector unions as ‘an attack on the public service’. 

THE announcement from Education Minister Richard Bruton that the Government will press ahead with plans to divest patronage of Catholic schools is welcome, but that welcome must be tempered, as Mr Bruton has said he favours the development of state-run primary schools which will provide for preparation for the Catholic sacraments during the school day. 

WHEN the “Grace” childcare scandal broke, one provoked by allegations of the most serious abuse in a foster care setting, it was as if a stone had been turned over and the darkest episodes in our history had returned to haunt and mock us.