Editorial
Domestic violence data must be reliable
Domestic violence data must be reliable

A REPORT published earlier this week by the Child and Family Agency, Tusla, contained some startling figures. 

Sat, 29 Oct, 2016

The bright to light
The bright to light

IF you are susceptible to seasonal affective disorder as one-in-10 Alaskans are, then you’ll know that it will be dark an hour earlier tomorrow than it will be today.

Sat, 29 Oct, 2016

An olive branch - Teachers’ strike
An olive branch - Teachers’ strike
THE teachers’ strike that closed the majority of the country’s secondary schools yesterday is pretty divisive. That the action was undertaken by less than 10% of the State’s employees suggestions it may be anti-democratic too.

Fri, 28 Oct, 2016

We learnt little from rates swizz - Warning on land shortage
We learnt little from rates swizz - Warning on land shortage
THE decision by Jack Lynch’s government after the 1977 general election to abolish domestic rates may seem almost as remote as the Roman Catholic Relief Act of 1829 — Catholic Emancipation — but the legacy of that grand, bread-and-circuses swizz is alive and well.

Fri, 28 Oct, 2016

We are not entitled to private cars - Cutting fossil fuels
We are not entitled to private cars - Cutting fossil fuels

THE Cabinet row over whether motorists using electric cars might be, along with Michael O’Leary’s taxi, allowed use city bus lanes is reassuring in that it means these issues are on something like an active agenda. 

Fri, 28 Oct, 2016

More heartbreak - Church edict on cremated ashes
More heartbreak - Church edict on cremated ashes

JUST when Catholics began to warm to Pope Francis, seeing in him a pastoral pontiff in tune with modern life, it emerges that he has approved an instruction concerning the dear departed that is certain to bring heartbreak to some devout members of the Church.

Thu, 27 Oct, 2016

Irish electorate should protest - Teacher and garda strikes
Irish electorate should protest - Teacher and garda strikes
THE docility of the Irish electorate is extraordinary and evidenced by the muted response to the prospect of classrooms empty of teachers and students and streets empty of gardaí as the ASTI, GRA, and AGSI strikes begin to bite.

Thu, 27 Oct, 2016

Central Bank out of touch with society - Mortgage interest rate regulation
Central Bank out of touch with society - Mortgage interest rate regulation
DURING the boom years the Central Bank of Ireland had extensive powers of control over financial institutions which it failed to exercise properly or at all in the public interest. The result was the collapse of Anglo Irish Bank and the devastating consequences that flowed from that.

Thu, 27 Oct, 2016

Huge bill for city - Compensation culture
Huge bill for city - Compensation culture
THE figures detailing Cork City’s compensation bill for people who have a mishap on the city’s streets are startling and another question mark over our terribly expensive compo culture.

Wed, 26 Oct, 2016

Common good must come first - New policy on land drainage
Common good must come first - New policy on land drainage
THIS society affords many rights and robust protections to property, but it is not always as assertive when property rights might be in conflict with the common good.

Wed, 26 Oct, 2016

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