THE MINUTE I got into the taxi I could see by the way the back of his head was dug into his shoulders that he was a disgruntled taxi driver from central casting.

WHY the silence?

I’M sure I wasn’t the only woman who shuddered when she heard that Waterford Regional Hospital had sought a court order to compel a pregnant woman to have a caesarean section last Saturday.

IT makes me want to tear my hair out when I read reports such as those on this week’s Dublin conference — Scandinavian Childcare: making it happen — because it seems no-one asks: what is childcare?

HIS colour is canary yellow. Not red, not blue, not green. That’s the first thing that hits you when you log on to beppegrillo.it.

AM I part of the problem?

A WELCOME recognition of women’s work in the home or a misogynist attempt to keep women out of the workplace?

NOW we know the State’s share of the blame for the slavery of our women in the Magdalene laundries.

HAS the Government been playing a desperate game of ‘call my bluff’ with the European Central Bank? What are the stakes? Us or them?

THE ding-dong between the media and politics has been going on for nearly three weeks now, since Pat Rabbitte asked the question on Newstalk, “Where is this constant denigration of politics leading to?”