THE introduction of new measures to protect domestic workers, particularly vulnerable immigrants, is a welcome move to combat exploitation.

AS the Health Service Executive (HSE) lurches from crisis to crisis, women can be forgiven for feeling angry and deeply worried over the latest debacle involving a life-threatening error in cancer tests.

THERE is an alarming level of mental health illness in the workforce in Ireland, judging by one of the most detailed surveys ever made.

THERE is mounting dissatisfaction among women’s groups over the Government’s approach to domestic violence, a policy epitomised in the controversial decision to set up a new national office to tackle this hidden crisis in Irish society.

IN AN era when snooping on a person’s private space is soaring, it is unsurprising the number of cases investigated by the Data Protection Commissioner has more than doubled.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern’s historic address to both houses of the British parliament was a fitting climax to a remarkable period of progress and achievement in Anglo-Irish relations, which have never been stronger.

COMPLAINTS about employment and age are among the major grievances coming before the Equality Authority and this lends added significance to the compensation award of more than €70,000 to a former employee of An Post.

FOR the umpteenth time, the plight of disabled people has been put squarely on the political agenda following yesterday’s call by the Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) for the parties to pin their colours to the mast where this vexed issue is concerned.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern issued a statement yesterday complaining that he has been the victim of an unlawful and malicious smear campaign.

The first three parts of a seven-part National Stroke Audit, commissioned by the Irish Heart Foundation, were published yesterday, presenting a frightening picture of our inadequacies in treating stroke victims.