Questions arise as to why Paul Hyde was nominated by the then defunct Irish Rural Dwellers Association as he had no known association with the body

Education Minister's solution to a lack of school places for special needs children provokes an outcry, as does her method of delivering the message

Increasingly, a fractured political and social landscape is leading to the souring of debate.

U2 frontman can be a pain in the neck but the world would be a poorer place without him

The announcement of the Funding The Future plan for third-level education promises a gradual decrease in the annual registration fee for college students. But without detail on how this will be funded, there is the fear that the cohort of society least likely to attend college will probably bear the cost for those who are most likely to attend.

Party's green policy based on a transition that promises no disruption or pain for voters. This won't wash

Three public figures have taken off for the hill country way out in the wilds beyond the public square, up there where conspiracy theories roam free and all reason is culled

Fixing the health service will require a lot more than energy and ideas — it needs somebody to face down or carry along all the vested interests

The ordeal endured by a Cork woman in making a complaint against a solicitor raises questions about how such complaints are dealt with and public confidence in the system

Excluding social housing bodies from home defects redress, and the reason for doing so, would be laughable if it weren’t so damaging, writes Special Correspondent Mick Clifford