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Targeting the repeat offenders - Reducing crime

Targeting the repeat offenders - Reducing crime

It is not before time that Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has launched a new crime reduction initiative aimed at repeat offenders. While the overwhelming majority of people living in Ireland are law-abiding residents, there are some for whom criminality has become a way of life.

Tue, 01 Dec, 2015

The Force is now with tourism - Star Wars effect

The Force is now with tourism - Star Wars effect

Tourism Ireland is feeling the force these days, predicting more than 8m overseas visitors to the country next year thanks, in part, to a Hollywood blockbuster.

Tue, 01 Dec, 2015

Abortion debate - Effect of North’s ruling

Abortion debate - Effect of North’s ruling

While we in the Republic are about to begin a debate on abortion, the High Court in the North has ruled that its restrictive laws on the subject violate human rights.

Tue, 01 Dec, 2015

When it comes to climate change there is no 'Planet B'

When it comes to climate change there is no 'Planet B'

ANYONE who still doubts that climate change is for real would quickly change their minds if they stood anywhere near the Cliffs of Moher today.

Mon, 30 Nov, 2015

Data hub to combat motor insurance fraud is long overdue

Data hub to combat motor insurance fraud is long overdue

THE Automobile Association has estimated that the cost of motor insurance fraud in Ireland is adding up to €50 to every premium taken out.

Mon, 30 Nov, 2015

All sides will need to work together to tackle paramilitary violence

All sides will need to work together to tackle paramilitary violence

WE thought they had gone away but the latest activity by dissident republicans calling themselves the IRA suggests that either they haven’t or that a new generation of murderers has taken up where the Provos left off.

Mon, 30 Nov, 2015

IFA split would not be in anyone’s interest

IFA split would not be in anyone’s interest

WITH the executive-pay crisis threatening to rip the Irish Farmers’ Association asunder, it would not be surprising if further revelations come to light concerning the pay, pensions and perks of those at the top of Ireland’s most powerful lobby group. Moreover, with some irate farmers already cancelling their membership, the danger that it could be riven by the proverbial ‘split’, a cancer which has destroyed many an Irish organisation in the past, cannot be dismissed.

Sat, 28 Nov, 2015

Name and shame - ‘serious reportable events’ in hospitals

Name and shame - ‘serious reportable events’ in hospitals

IF ever people had cause to pray not to end up in one of this country’s troubled hospitals, it was yesterday’s Irish Examiner front page report of what could happen to them.

Sat, 28 Nov, 2015

A helping hand in a real time of need

A helping hand in a real time of need

WITH so many Irish people now working in Australia, it is perhaps not surprising a number of fatalities might occur.

Sat, 28 Nov, 2015

Sobering reality of drink driving - Road safety figures

Sobering reality of drink driving - Road safety figures

DESPITE the dangers and the tragedies that can result, drinking and driving is still all too prevalent in Ireland. The latest figures from the Road Safety Authority show that a staggering number of motorists get behind the wheel after consuming alcohol.

Fri, 27 Nov, 2015