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Protection is our privilege not a burden - Wildlife in our changing world

OUR relationship with the natural world around us is never seamless, it is always complex and more often than not exploitative. 

Tue, 27 Oct, 2015

Hard choices - Falling garda numbers

EVERY State agency has faced debilitating, unwelcome cutbacks over recent years. Nearly every arm of Government has, despite calls to do more with less, seen a change in the service levels it is able to offer to the public.

Tue, 27 Oct, 2015

Make users aware of risks - Changing perception of cannabis

THERE are few endeavours that can seem as pointless as one generation telling another how to live, how to behave and how not to risk their health by misusing drugs. Every family in Ireland has been bruised by alcohol abuse nevertheless, many of us love a drink and enjoy occasional indulgences.

Tue, 27 Oct, 2015

Quality of our health service - Time to be smarter with brain drain

FOR decades, our medical graduates have gone abroad to gain international experience, with the intention of eventually returning to Ireland to live and work here.

Mon, 26 Oct, 2015

Libel verdict overturned - Our collective perverse psyche

ANY child of seven instinctively knows right from wrong. It doesn’t mean they will always do the right thing, but they will invariably know when it should be done.

Mon, 26 Oct, 2015

Maureen O’Hara - Death of an icon

THE actress Maureen O’Hara, who has died at the age of 95, was one of those rare figures — a legend in her own lifetime.

Mon, 26 Oct, 2015

New Revenue powers

THOSE who are tax compliant need not fret about extra powers given to the Revenue Commisioners in the Finance Bill which was published yesterday. 

Sat, 24 Oct, 2015

Have farmers got all eggs in one basket?

THE news that the World Health Organisation (WHO) will publish a report on Monday that will show that eating some processed meats exposes consumers to cancer risks on a par with misusing alcohol, asbestos, arsenic or cigarettes will hardly encourage a light-hearted breakfast mood on Ireland’s 140,000 or so family farms this morning. Most of them are, after all, directly or indirectly involved in meat production.

Sat, 24 Oct, 2015

Traveller deaths - Spotlight focuses on a social gulf

THE tragic deaths of 10 members of the Traveller community, the last of whom will be laid to rest in Wexford today, turns a spotlight on a social gulf that existed for generations and brings a glimmer of hope it will diminish following this catastrophe, bringing Travellers and settled people closer together through shared grief and compassion.

Fri, 23 Oct, 2015

Water protests - Unit politicising the gardaí

THE creation of a 25-strong Garda unit in Cork City, specifically with the aim of ensuring water protests do not turn violent, is a blatant example of politicisation of the gardaí.

Fri, 23 Oct, 2015

Protection is our privilege not a burden - Wildlife in our changing world

Hard choices - Falling garda numbers

Make users aware of risks - Changing perception of cannabis

Quality of our health service - Time to be smarter with brain drain

Libel verdict overturned - Our collective perverse psyche

Maureen O’Hara - Death of an icon

New Revenue powers

Have farmers got all eggs in one basket?

Traveller deaths - Spotlight focuses on a social gulf

Water protests - Unit politicising the gardaí

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