A freezing depth was plumbed last Monday in Roscrea. Women and children were forced to run a gauntlet of hate. The arrival of a bus of 17 asylum seekers at the Racket Hall hotel was met with resistance.

The human rights of some, it appears, are far more important than those of others for one reason or another, mostly to do with the values and interests of those who claim to give a fig

Many of the threads woven together in the UK’s Post Office scandal will be familiar to anybody who has observed the outworkings of scandal in this country

On March 29, 1984, the LVA voted to put an end to the holy hour. It was a close run thing, 60% in favour, 40% against pulling the shutter down on a long standing tradition

When Dunnes strikers crossed from sideline empathy to frontline action there was scant support for the shopworkers’ anti-apartheid protest

In light of what is emerging about the level of depravity deployed by the British forces, it is entirely proper that the Irish Government tries to halt the amnesty legislation

There is plenty of evidence many local councillors are willing to pander to illogical fears on migration and even compete in turning up the dial of intolerance for the sake of chasing votes

At the end of next year, we may know whether the liberal democracy that has been a hallmark of the West over the last 80 years is on the way out, writes Mick Clifford

Two outstanding books published this year reached back into the 1980s.

The measure of how many students make it to third level, and whether that advance is to a college or university, tells very little about the quality of education from a school, or the overall fairness of the system.