There seems to be an outbreak of jitters within the Labour Party in government, but that is nothing new.

Independent Dáil Deputy Stephen Donnelly yesterday introduced a private member’s bill that would allow judges apply discretion in the case of banks seeking to repossess property even though the borrower was making reasonable efforts to repay the mortgage.

There’s no light at the end of Ireland’s dark economic tunnel judging by yesterday’s gloomy forecast from the Central Bank that the domestic economy will remain in deep recession this year.

The collapse of the Fastnet ferry is a devastating blow for the South-West, a region that relies heavily on tourism and can ill afford to forfeit a service worth €30m a year to the local economy and €20m to Wales.

Nothing is more important than protecting our children.

It is hard to know whether to be heartened or dismayed by the dramatic increase in the number of men seeking help with violent behaviour.

With major questions hanging over the ongoing investigation into Anglo Irish Bank — the most serious fraud probe in the history of the State — the decision by the director of corporate enforcement Paul Appleby to reverse his earlier move to retire prematurely and stay on for six months, is to be applauded.

Few areas of commercial life seem as impervious to regulation as the taxi industry. Thus the promise of new rules and regulations for the business will be warmly welcomed by the public.

Only time will tell whether it was for better or worse that we signed up for membership of the euro.

The Cork-Swansea ferry operated relatively successfully from 1987 until 2006.