Britain under Boris Johnson will lack the status to lead in important global multilateral development efforts, argues former British Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown.

The British state, in the UK and Ireland, had done little more than exterminate ‘unwanted’ babies, writes Victoria White.

SINCE it was first mooted, media reports on plans to hold a conference in Cork on Israel have been invariably preceded by the adjective “controversial”.

Arms control is not an imperative for tranquil times but rather a tool for building — or rebuilding — trust between adversaries, write Volker Perthes and Oliver Meier

Arlene Harris tells of the impact the Make a Wish charity has on the life of unlucky children suffering from serious health issues

SINCE its creation in 1948 the World Health Organization has played a leading role in the elimination or containment of deadly diseases like smallpox, tuberculosis, malaria and HIV/AIDS.

SINCE its foundation in 1961, Amnesty International has worked to free prisoners of conscience, victims of torture, and those facing the death penalty.

Some of the big names behind the Irish bubble are coming back into the spotlight, but we need to be careful about the ‘globalisation’ of the property market, writes Michael Byrne

Whether a victim of a coup or ill health, his absence raises fears of military action, writes Christopher Harress.

Ireland’s world champion walker credits his success to hard work and the support of his wife and family, says Jonathan deBurca Butler.

With Flight MH370 having been missing for over a month, lawyers are gearing up to fight for relatives seeking compensation. The US could be the battleground, writes Gillian Wong

GSOC-gate judge must be granted the legal powers to do the job, writes Mark Kelly

The role of election monitors will be vital to ensure free and fair elections in Zimbabwe, writes Mary Lawlor

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As more people are renting, the issue of antisocial behaviour is also growing, writes Jan O’Sullivan

The right to protest is a legitimate, democratic right. But the recent violent scenes in the North are nothing of the sort, writes East Belfast MP Naomi Long

NAYD director Orlaith McBride applauds the rise of community drama, reports Pádraic Killeen

We either have faith in humanity’s ability to better itself or else we begin to flounder, says Haydn Shaughnessy

In the wake of a revealing survey on the cost of following Premier League clubs in England, John Fogarty and Brendan O’Brien check out whether GAA and rugby fans here get bang for their buck

SINCE a redeveloped Pearse Stadium was opened in 2003, it has proven to be an unhappy hunting ground for Roscommon football. No team from the county has managed to win in the Salthill venue since then — a wretched sequence the current crop of U21 footballers aim to end this afternoon against Galway.

SINCE 1975, Ireland’s GDP doubled every 7½ years to reach €182bn in 2007.

SINCE cutbacks have become the new economic vocabulary, government ministers are for the first time in over a decade facing challenges of a very different nature.

SINCE the signing of the Good Friday Agreement constitutional nationalists and republicans have been generous in their response to unionist demands that their British culture and traditions be recognised and respected.

From the idea that a grieving parent took Madeleine to the possibility she died the night she went missing, police have ruled out nothing, write John Bingham and Sam Marsden.

SINCE President George W Bush has approved a fund towards “boosting democracy” in Cuba, we in the EU should consider a contribution towards the same for the United States.

SINCE its introduction more than 20 years ago the milk quota regime has been strewn with problems, court actions, conflict, allegations of cheque book rule, and dissatisfaction by those who received (too little) quota and those who qualified for none in the allocations.

SINCE her appointment, Agriculture Minister, Mary Coughlan, has consistently shown a common-sense approach to resolving farming issues, and an understanding that the farmer is not to blame for everything that goes wrong, and that they should not be unfairly burdened with penalties.

The undoubted hit of the Six Nations, Jerry Flannery has used the last fortnight to re-focus on his next challenge - Perpignan in a Heineken Cup quarter-final. It hasn’t been difficult, he told Declan Colley.

SINCE British DIY giant B&Q opened for trade, there has been a flurry of activity by retailers looking to secure one of the remaining units in Parkes Properties’ latest project - the City East Retail Park.

SINCE it was British sabotage that ended the Stormont Assembly in 2002, the Taoiseach must push for its immediate resumption and for full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, unless he too has abandoned the peace process.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has said he believes the new EU constitution has a strong chance of being passed by all 25 member states.

SINCE Aer Lingus was founded 68 years ago, the national airline has served Ireland well.

SINCE its foundation in 1985 the International Fund for Ireland (IFI) has invested €2.25 billion helping disadvantaged areas in the border region and across Northern Ireland.

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SINCE July 1997, the Department of Health has commissioned a minimum of 121 reports/working groups/review groups/expert groups to assess areas of the health service.

SINCE the start of this year, there have been 88 paramilitary attacks, almost two-thirds attributed to loyalists.

SINCE they took office last summer, 15 junior ministers in the Fianna Fáil /Progressive Democrats government have claimed more than €250,000 in expenses.

SINCE the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro 10 years ago, relatively little progress has been made in tackling major issues that continue to overshadow human society.