Something needs to be done about the youthful and adolescent psychiatric problems that are besetting this country. We have one of the highest suicide rates in the world among young people.

Roy Keane brings a passion to whatever he does, which explains why such interest surrounds him.

The report of the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency makes alarming reading in relation to the apparent level of intolerance in this country.

Few are likely to be impressed by the government cutting the five Ministers of State and then paying them €€50,000 as a kind of golden handshake to ease the pain of losing office. This is not sharing the pain.

THE 14 Irish players selected for the British and Irish Lions to face world champions South Africa on their home patch are the epitome of the few positive legacies of the Celtic tiger years. Confidence built on talent, brought to its highest pitch by the hardest of hard work.

OUR changed economy makes it inevitable that some people find themselves struggling with debts.

AT lunchtime today, if the weekend reports are correct, Paul O’Connell of Young Munster, Munster and Ireland will be named captain of the British and Irish Lions to tour South Africa this summer.

IT seems strange that An Garda Síochána may be weakened by a very large number of officer retirements in the immediate future.

The death yesterday of Ian McDonnell, 59, raises further serious questions about the state of our health service.

With each new GAA presidential term comes a fresh determination to grapple with the problems that continue to limit the scope and ambition of the country’s largest sporting organisation.