The apology from First Minister Peter Robinson to the Muslim community in Ireland over his controversial remarks on Islam and Muslims was overdue but nonetheless comprehensive and welcome.

How often have we heard politicians say "I am not in politics for the money"?

The controversy over babies’ mass graves is causing great grief to many people.

I was disgusted by the two-line comment published in the Irish Examiner (June 3) regarding Aer Lingus cabin crew ("Aer Lingus should now give their cabin crew 365 non-paid days off").

Wasn’t it funny to look at the photo on Saturday’s Irish Examiner of the striking Aer Lingus staff in their full length warm coats as they picketed yet again outside the loss-making Cork Airport on one of the warmest summer days so far.

Every now and then a story comes along which stops one in one’s tracks. A story which makes a person question their belief in the innate decency of man or woman. That story is the tragedy that was revealed finally to the world by Catherine Corless.

Health Minister James Reilly attributes the latest controversial calamity to hit the health service to a lack of resources and an absence of wider political leadership.

Last night I had a dream that a thousand candles shone brightly from the windows of Áras an Uachtaráin, welcoming home all those homeless poor souls eking out a pitiful existence within earshot of Phoenix Park in Dublin.

The cover-up is in full swing and has been since Henry Kenny (Enda’s father) was bumming around Dáil Éireann keeping the seat warm for his son.

Ireland’s dark past regarding the treatment of the socially unwanted, in the instance of Tuam Mother & Babies Home, vulnerable children, babies and single mothers, has been apparent during these unfortunate yet not surprising revelations in the shame-based response of the Irish people, media, government, and state bodies.