The threat posed to democracies by transnational corporations and their relentless demands for ever more “competitiveness” and low taxes is, says Susan George, a challenge to social stability. Neil Robinson agrees.

President Michael D Higgins led the nation in memory of those who died in overseas service and on UN missions.

Irish people who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars will be commemorated at a national ceremony this afternoon.

Des O’Sullivan anticipates keen interest in a sale at Cork Auction Rooms.

A planet-wide conflict that claimed as many lives as the first two world wars combined would hardly make any difference to the world’s exploding population, according to a study.

Michel Deon

A war memorial stone was smashed and poppy wreaths shredded during an overnight attack.

The Buddha in the Attic

The Olympic Games were formally opened in London yesterday.

MILLIONS of people across Britain observed a two-minute silence yesterday to remember those killed in conflicts past and present on Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of World War I.

BARACK Obama’s and Queen Elizabeth’s visits are a badly-needed boost for financially ailing Ireland and should be welcomed by all.

Former soldiers from Ireland and the North stood shoulder to shoulder today to honour servicemen killed in the First and Second World Wars.

Ian Paisley today attributed his good working relationship with Bertie Ahern to the Taoiseach's acknowledgement that unionists did not want to be part of a united Ireland.

A COUNTY Limerick town is bracing itself for pitched battles over the August holiday weekend.

Democratic Unionist Party councillors have criticised planned commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising in Derry this year.

LAST year people were taking it for granted that George W Bush would be re-elected this November, but the lessons of history would suggest that it may not be so easy. Indeed public opinion polls indicate that he has an uphill battle.

OUR presidency of the EU next year gives us an opportunity to leave an even bigger mark on the union’s future if we choose to lead a debate on its place in the world.

President Mary McAleese has attended a Remembrance Day service at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.