The West Cork Faculty of the Irish College of General Practitioners has written to various public representatives to highlight the danger of plans to reduce from four to three the number of emergency ambulances servicing West Cork.

The best thing that can happen to any of us, despite all of our what-if lotto fantasies, is to be given an opportunity to do good.

It is nearly always a tragedy when a beautiful building from another age is lost through accident or neglect.

Saturday’s referendum, which endorsed the children’s rights amendment to the Constitution by a far narrower margin than had been generally anticipated, carried a worrying message for those who believe that our political system is capable of making this a fairer society or rebuilding our devastated economy.

It is more than difficult to understand the mindset of those who yesterday said they were responsible for the murder of prison officer David Black in Armagh.

The passage of the children’s referendum is warmly welcomed. It may have been much closer than early polls indicated, but it was still passed by a comfortable margin of 58% to 42%.

More than 12,000 people marched on Saturday in support of the Save Waterford campaign, organised by a lobby group objecting to the possible downgrading of Waterford Regional Hospital.

Earlier this week, as the US returned President Barack Obama to the White House for another four-year term, China’s Communist Party gathered in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to orchestrate a once-in-a-decade leadership transition.

When a neighbour tells you that you’re delusional it’s usually time to listen.

Like any legal bulwark against theft the idea of copyright legislation may seem remote until it is breached.