SOME within Fianna Fáil have questioned the suggestion that Beverly Flynn will be re-admitted to the party after she supported Bertie Ahern in the election for taoiseach last week.

THE first real test of Green Party mettle within the new coalition has raised fundamental questions about the party’s future relationship with Fianna Fáil.

WITH sex trafficking identified as a growing problem in Ireland, the decision of the Catholic church to speak out against this heinous practice could not be more timely.

APART from appointing two Green Party ministers, deputies John Gormley and Eamon Ryan, there is only one new Fianna Fáil face at the Cabinet table, namely junior minister Brian Lenihan, promoted to Minister for Justice.

KEEPING track of sex offenders can be difficult at the best of times.

HAVING waited 25 years for a chance to play a role in government, the Green Party last night enthusiastically grasped the opportunity to enter coalition with Fianna Fáil, the PDs and Independents.

THERE is an urgent need to clear up the confusion surrounding recent drink-driving legislation, which has been branded “absurd and unfair”.

LONG portrayed as “flaky”, sandal-wearing “brown ricers”, Green party activists will have a profound impact on the political life of the country if they opt today to enter coalition and govern the country for the next five years.

THE new Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is going to have a busy time of it judging by the number of complaints received in its first month.

THE French have cut road deaths by more than a third in just four years. The drop is proportionately the greatest in the European Union.