WITHOUT the aid of volunteers, there can be no doubt critical elements of society would grind to a halt. That’s certainly true of the country’s 187,000 largely invisible and generally unsung heroes — family carers. Without them, Ireland’s ailing health service would be even more embattled.

ALMOST exactly a year ago, Irish migrant support groups and Irish politicians welcomed US President Obama’s announcement on immigration reform.

LIFE is not a hymn sheet, which is why nobody has the right to expect that everyone should be on the same page as them.

ENDA KENNY may not be the most powerful ally of British Prime Minister David Cameron in his demand for EU reforms but he is strategically important nonetheless.

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny and Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan represented the Republic yesterday at Remembrance Sunday events in Northern Ireland.

IT IS astonishing to realise that Joanne O’Riordan, the inspiring young Irishwoman born without limbs, is still a teenager. She has achieved more in her 19 years on this earth than most people do in a lifetime.