YESTERDAY, as Met Éireann told us that Valentia Island has enjoyed the warmest winter since records began in 1892, two other significant events took place and a milestone was passed.

ANYONE trying to get a ticket for Croke Park on Saturday cannot but be amazed at the prices they, and tickets for other high-demand events, are fetching.

Fianna Fáil’s decentralisation plans are probably the longest-running saga in Irish politics.

Keeping political promises seems to have become a thing of the past.

TODAY we report on a self-serving collusion between the Department of Health and the HSE to control information about the extent of a cancer scandal.

IT HAS been a distressing few weeks for anyone who cares about how our society values itself and anyone who values human life and dignity.

AS THE remnants of Europe’s once great manufacturing industries struggle to remain competitive in the face of unavoidable challenges from low-cost economies we need to know that we have some prospect of sustaining employment for a significant number of people.

YESTERDAY’S figures from the Irish Association of Pension Funds will be a cause of concern for anyone who will have to depend on a private pension. They will be of no consequence to public sector employees.

IMAGINE you were at home or at work on an ordinary sort of spring day and you were called to your daughter’s school to bring her home.

YESTERDAY the Irish Examiner was proud to acknowledge and honour the achievements and talents of 18 of Ireland’s finest your sportsmen and women.