THERE is a mother in mourning in Ireland. Every day, she cries for the boy she has lost, and there is often no end to the tears.

LAST week friends of Olunkunle Eluhanla, a 16-year old boy deported by the Government, picketed outside the Dáil.

ON a Friday night a couple of weeks ago, three young boys slept in the same bed in a hostel.

YAMANOUCHI is a Japanese word that means “middle of the mountains”.

“WHATEVER exceptions may exist, it is an undoubted fact that the Bill will affect very many people who are old, or poor or disabled, mentally or physically, or in many cases, all of these. As already stated, persons so situated will almost certainly have had little or no capacity to understand their rights under the legislation or to protest at the unlawfulness of the charges. . .

NEVER mind the views of a self-important pundit. And let’s avoid political correctness, too. Is there really a big issue around this business of single parents?

“RESPECT our mandate.” With which political party do you associate that demand? Every political party has a mandate, to a greater or lesser extent.

An open letter to Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams,

HAVE you ever tried to change your bank account from one bank to another? Or have you ever tried to change solicitors? Do you know how much you pay for a gallon of petrol?

EILEEN DESMOND was one of the greats.