The Taoiseach Enda Kenny is insisting there is no question of introducing abortion on demand in Ireland, while the Abortion Rights Campaign has claimed that the legislation will force women to travel outside the country for an abortion.

The Taoiseach has defended the inclusion of thousands of homes in ghost estates on the property tax eligibility list.

The Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes has said it has occupied Revenue's Kilkenny offices, in a protest against the Property Tax.

Absolute positions on abortion are no longer tenable, as three days of hearings showed, says Michael Clifford

The vast majority of people owning high-value homes will only pay the ordinary level of property tax after the Government shied away from imposing a full-strength mansion tax.

A CAMPAIGN group is calling on the Government to stop repaying Anglo and Irish Nationwide’s massive debts.

West Belfast has one of the highest rates of child poverty in the UK, according to new research.

YOUR recent two-part Special Investigation by Conor Ryan (August 31 and Sept 1) exposed the stark reality of sex trafficking in Ireland and the abuse and distress, which its victims unfortunately must endure.

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to reduce the number of men dying from a heart attack because they delay calling 999 for emergency treatment.

A CAMPAIGN is being mounted by 37 primary schools in West Cork to fight possible closures mooted by the Department of Education as part of planned cost-cutting measures.

A CAMPAIGN group is urging the Government not to see services for people with intellectual disabilities as “low lying fruit” when making cuts.

A CAMPAIGN group has been formed to press Limerick County Council to carry out road works on a blackspot which has claimed five lives in the past three months.

A CAMPAIGN which began on a low note in mid-April against Waterford has changed dramatically for the Clare minor hurlers.

ONE51, the investment group headed up by former IAWS chief Philip Lynch, has reported a 14% year-on-year increase in first half earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) to €26 million.

DISSIDENT shareholders in One51 have stepped up the pressure on beleaguered chief executive Philip Lynch ahead of the AGM at the end of the month.

A CAMPAIGN is under way to clean up derelict sites and buildings in tourist haven Killarney.

A CAMPAIGN group for parents of deceased children whose organs were retained without their consent is seriously concerned at the new wave of anguish caused by the revelations thrown up by latest Health Service Executive probe.

OVER the last two weeks many arguments have been made in the face of the news that UCC were considering allowing embryonic stem cell research and more recently that the governing body had decided to allow it given suitable projects.

A CAMPAIGN group for the unemployed has criticised the crackdown on electronic dole payments as “using a sledgehammer to crack a nut” and contrary to recent government policy.

Minister for the Environment, John Gormley is facing further calls today to prove that he has not abandoned his green credentials by going into government with Fianna Fail.

A CAMPAIGN was launched yesterday to tackle backache, the single biggest ailment workers complain of, especially those in nursing, construction and agriculture.

PRO-LIFE group Youth Defence has claimed Miss D is being used by the pro-abortion lobby to further their agenda.

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to boost forest planting by farmers in Limerick.

A CAMPAIGN group representing more than 1,000 families, who discovered that their deceased children’s organs were retained without their consent, yesterday hand-delivered their 11th letter seeking a meeting with Health Minister Mary Harney.

A CAMPAIGN is being stepped up to replace a Kerry primary school building which, according to the INTO union, is in serious breach of minimum legal requirements.

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to fund the construction of Ireland’s first dedicated cystic fibrosis unit at Cork University Hospital (CUH).

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save a 12-pupil national school, close to the Cork/Kerry border.

A CAMPAIGN to tackle climate change has received cross-party support from dozens of TDs.

CAMPAIGN groups and charities who protest against Government policies have accused the State of intimidation after they were told they would have to reveal details of donations they receive.

THE lifespan of breast cancer patients could be extended by almost a third thanks to a breakthrough in research by Irish scientists.

A CAMPAIGN group is furious that provisions in the Disabilities Bill will cut the number of disabled people entitled to services.

A CAMPAIGN group for families whose loved ones had organs retained without their knowledge is appalled that a major acute hospital kept a dead man’s brain for almost two years without informing his next-of-kin.

Supporters of the Columbia three are holding a protest outside the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin later today.

A senior medical consultant has called on the Government to deliver an extension of BreastCheck.