NO matter what else he achieves Cardinal Seán Brady’s legacy will be defined by the image of him asking two prepubescent children to sign oaths of secrecy to protect the most notorious and persistent paedophile sheltered by the Irish Catholic Church in modern times.

THE Construction Industry Federation are more than likely right when they claim that building output will decline significantly over the next year because Government projects are delayed but, still, they have a cheek.

AFTER coming through the coldest winter in living memory, the public will be cynical about the blatant waste of energy – and taxpayers’ money – in public buildings.

AS pressure for his resignation grows, Cardinal Seán Brady has serious questions to answer.

AT last sanity prevails, or is about to get its chance. Tremendous political perception was not required to identify the point in the cycle that talks between unions and Government might reopen, but that does not diminish the relief the announcement brought.

THERE is very little that can be said about road safety that has not been said a thousand times, but we must keep making the arguments because people keep dying in awful, sometimes avoidable, traffic accidents.

SUCCESSFUL organisations invariably have a culture of excellence; an instinctive code of conduct and expectation that informs and drives everything they do. Second best is never good enough, it is not an option. It is not even considered.

RTÉ has cut the income of the Vanbrugh quartet by 40%, making it almost impossible for the group to survive. Other performers employed by the State broadcaster took a cuts of up to 8%.

Health Minister Mary Harney admitted in a Morning Ireland interview yesterday that the incoming chief executive of Tallaght Hospital, Professor Kevin Conlon, informed her on December 15 last about the problems at the hospital’s radiology department.

Congratulations to Galway on securing the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race in 2012.