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A broadside for diet beliefs: Moderation is the sanest response

ANYONE trying to follow a good, healthy diet, one based on sensibly-sized portions of good food, must regularly revise their idea of what constitutes good food and diet.

Tue, 24 May, 2016

Rising energy costs: Tax bill on fuels is staggering

THE period of relatively low fuel prices, and the transient benefits it brought to the economy, has come to an end as oil prices rise after an extended period in the doldrums.

Tue, 24 May, 2016

Cut their cover - Learner drivers’ penalty points

FIGURES that show that each day for the last two years six learner drivers incurred penalty points because they drove without being accompanied by a qualified driver indicate that a considerable number of people have little or no regard for legislation designed to make our roads safer for everyone.

Mon, 23 May, 2016

Slow pace of change is ‘depressing’ - President Higgins on education

THE old Jesuit motto — “give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man”— was attributed to that order’s co-founder Francis Xavier and, for many decades, it encapsulated an idea, and the practice, central to the perpetuation of Catholic dominance in this society. 

Mon, 23 May, 2016

Nationalise the legal aid scheme - Free legal aid

THE free-legal-aid scheme is a bulwark of our justice system, but it, like so many services paid for out of the public purse, is coming under pressure. The lawyers who make themselves available to the service want the pay cuts — 28.5% according to the Law Society — imposed during the recession to be restored.

Mon, 23 May, 2016

Howlin’s challenge is not just political

BRENDAN HOWLIN becomes the 12th leader of the Labour Party at not just a challenging moment for Labour but for all those who, through politics, trade unionism, or social activism, argue for the kind of social democratic principles that honour the empowering and inclusive social contract that has sustained the West since World War II.

Sat, 21 May, 2016

Francis will visit a very different Ireland

THE Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, confirmed yesterday that Pope Francis has accepted an invitation to attend the World Meeting of Families in Dublin in 2018. Pope Francis will visit an Ireland very different to the one his predecessor Pope John Paul II so beguiled in 1979.

Sat, 21 May, 2016

Outrage or tragedy?

THOUGH speculation continues around the cause of the air crash that plunged an EgyptAir flight carrying 66 people into the Mediterranean, one thing is certain.

Sat, 21 May, 2016

Figures show we need to do far more - Trying to understand suicide

NEARLY every suicide leaves a legacy of heartbreak. That destructive state of mind is often sharpened by incomprehension, guilt, regret, and no little anger. Each and every suicide is also a reminder that to be human is to be vulnerable.

Fri, 20 May, 2016