AT this remove it is always impossible to be certain that our understanding of a conflict is accurate.

BRITAIN’S House of Commons meets this week to debate the bill which will — as from March 2019 — take the country out of the European Union. 

A RANKING with which this country cannot be pleased is its position in Europol’s list of top 10 money-laundering centres.

WHILE Ryanair’s bagful of luggage allowance changes will do nothing to lift the airline’s popularity ratings — not something about which its boss will lose sleep — the move will be welcomed dourly by passengers for whom cutting the number of delayed flights and getting to destinations on time takes priority over travelling with far too much stuff.

There have been many occasions — and very many fine lives — when the absence of a credible, national honours system seems to have left a void in Irish life.

The people of Kerry, and those lucky enough to visit the Kingdom regularly, will not be surprised that the county has been named as one of the very best places in the world to go stargazing.

The Dáil’s summer recess lasts for another fortnight but party leaders have called reveille; they are preparing to lead eve-of-game captain’s runs. One or two autumn get-togethers may be of substance.

IT’S almost 54 years since the world has had to consider the consequences of a nuclear confrontation in any real way. 

THE latest programme to encourage junior cycle students to realise fluency in Irish and modern languages was launched by Education Minister Richard Bruton yesterday. This, in our scheme of things, seems entirely praiseworthy.

YET another chapter in the HSE’s Dysfunction Diaries was published yesterday when the Irish Nurses and Midwives’ Organisation issued the latest figures on overcrowding in hospital emergency departments.