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Editorial

Let’s champion kindness - Obstacles symbolise boorishness

ONCE upon a time, we put people who had broken society’s conventions in stocks in the town square and abused them, physically and vocally. Today’s version of that corporal punishment, or one of them, at least, is unwelcome, degrading exposure on social media.

Fri, 14 Oct, 2016

A great artist, challenger of our times - Bob Dylan wins Nobel prize

THE bedrock of Bob Dylan’s unprecedented, perhaps unequalled body of work is a simple, timeless idea. 

Fri, 14 Oct, 2016

Explain please - Flood relief spending

TUESDAY’S budget confirmed for anyone who cared to see that our public finances, still dependent on an extraordinarily narrow tax base, are better than they were but still pretty precarious. 

Thu, 13 Oct, 2016

Why only a tax on soft drinks? - Sugar tax is very welcome

THE Government has belatedly decided to tax sugar- sweetened drinks. 

Thu, 13 Oct, 2016

Cultural shift challenges farm beliefs - Changing attitudes to meat

IN a society where The Land is cherished — and often coveted — with the same passion pagans once expressed when they venerated the older gods, in a society where farmland prices are among the highest in the world — only the Dutch pay more — in a society where selling the family farm is often regarded as transgenerational treason, it is not surprising that Mary Robinson’s recent remarks suggesting young people reduce meat consumption or cut it out altogether to try to slow climate change got a very hostile response.

Thu, 13 Oct, 2016

An ugly culture - Insurance claim overturned

IT is one of the hot topics of the day — soaring insurance premiums and the claims culture that, partially at least, drives them.

Wed, 12 Oct, 2016

Lives defined by random fate - Poverty and inequity

AS yesterday’s budget showed, the ability to implement progressive social policy to try to challenge inequity is defined by the resources available and who can shout loudest. 

Wed, 12 Oct, 2016

Let UK do its own border dirty work - Controlling back door entry to UK

TWO of the wildest claims knowingly advanced before Britain voted on EU membership in June were that secession would give Britain an extra £350m a week to spend and that independence would return control of Britain’s borders to the people of Britain. 

Wed, 12 Oct, 2016

Widen inquiry - Whistleblower crisis

THERE can be little doubt that the scope of the inquiry into Garda whistleblower allegations by retired High Court judge Iarfhlaith O’Neill ought to be widened to include the protected disclosure of Garda Keith Harrison. 

Tue, 11 Oct, 2016

Ultimate race to the bottom - US presidential election

WHATEVER one may think of our politicians, they have an extremely long way to sink before they reach anything even remotely approaching the depth to which the US presidential race has descended. 

Tue, 11 Oct, 2016

Let’s champion kindness - Obstacles symbolise boorishness

A great artist, challenger of our times - Bob Dylan wins Nobel prize

Explain please - Flood relief spending

Why only a tax on soft drinks? - Sugar tax is very welcome

Cultural shift challenges farm beliefs - Changing attitudes to meat

An ugly culture - Insurance claim overturned

Lives defined by random fate - Poverty and inequity

Let UK do its own border dirty work - Controlling back door entry to UK

Widen inquiry - Whistleblower crisis

Ultimate race to the bottom - US presidential election

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