It is chilling to reflect that almost 40,000 people have been killed on Irish roads since records began. A total of 38,519 people have died on the roads on both sides of the border —23,752 in the Republic and 14,767 in the North.

NOTHING — not even the deliberate destruction of historic sites — has depicted the appalling barbarism of the so-called Islamic State group more graphically than the executioner known as “Jihadi John”. 

IT is heartening that Ireland has acknowledged outstanding acts of bravery by 42 heroes, some of whom put their lives at risk so as to save others, by honouring them with silver and bronze medals, as well as certificates. 

The writer Jennifer Johnston once lamented that ‘no one seems to like my plays’.

The Government’s national enterprise policy which was announced yesterday is almost certain to become part of its general election manifesto next spring.

AS if to remind delegates at the two-day summit of African and European leaders in Malta that it was called because 800 refugees drowned when a rogue ship sank, at least 14 more people, including seven children, desperately trying to reach the Greek island of Lesbos, drowned yesterday when a boat sank off Turkey’s Aegean coast. Hopefully, the symbolism will bring a greater sense of realism to these deliberations.

EVER since Apple began manufacturing in Cork exactly 35 years ago this month, it has been the undisputed jewel in the crown of Ireland’s burgeoning tech sector.