This weekend France will elect a president. The campaign has been bitter and establishment parties have been cast aside. 

The country has just endured a difficult bus strike that caused considerable inconvenience to huge numbers of people even though the outcome of the dispute was entirely predictable. 

Estranged but not as yet embittered couples sometimes enter divorce negotiations with high, almost noble intentions.

It’s almost 80 years since TS Eliot published his searing Four Quartets.

The shocking “Grace” case showed what can go wrong when the protection a person entrusted to a care service does not inform decision making in that process.

The Government proposal to outlaw zero-hour contracts, low-hour and banded hours employment deals is to be welcomed.

It is shameful that the biggest, wealthiest, most innovative and cleverest technology firms in the world appear to be unable to tackle dangerous and illegal content on the internet.

It is hard enough to cope with the worry of having a sick family member or loved one in hospital without the added stress of exorbitant car parking charges while visiting.

Is it too much to expect that the legislators we elect to the Dáil and Seanad do what they are paid to do, ie legislate?

Asked to imagine a typical grandmother, most people would probably envision a grey-haired old dear in a gingham dress and wolly cardigan, sitting in an armchair by the fire and doing her knitting, or watching television.