COMMON sense has prevailed in the case against a bar manager and a barman accused of the unlawful killing of an English man who died of alcohol poisoning in Thurles three years ago.

YESTERDAY’S expression of interest by Pat Cox in establishing what support he might have if he was to contest the presidential election in October brings us a step closer to ensuring that, for the first time in 14 years, we will elect our president.

EVERY day that passes the scale of the economic challenge facing us becomes, if you are the kind to fret, ever more unsettling.

IT seems extraordinary that Childline, the support service for children who feel in jeopardy, gets 2,300 calls or messages every day.

AS more and more of us live longer it is prudent that we discover as much as we can about how our lives change as we age.

YESTERDAY’S suggestion that, given appropriate investment, renewable energy sources could supply up to 80% of the world’s energy needs by 2050 was as inspiring as it was brave.

PROFESSOR Morgan Kelly’s record gives him an authority that cannot be ignored.

OVER the last few weeks and days, a process that shows that the terrorists and criminals styling themselves as dissident republicans have even less credibility than they imagine played out without a shot being fired or a blow being struck.

ALCOHOL, when it is grossly misused, has done more harm to Irish people, Irish families, Irish relationships and businesses, Irish talent and potential, Irish hopes and ambitions than a combination of all the other slings and arrows life can throw at us.