A Labour Senator has today called on Bertie Ahern to resign from the President's Council of State.

The Army’s officers of the future will be put through their paces today when they start cadet school.

IRISH hopes of a re-staging of the controversial second leg of their World Cup play-off game against France were dashed last night when it became clear that the French Football Federation (FFF) see no basis for such a game to take place.

THE 43% cut in the budget of the Equality Authority and the subsequent resignation of its chief executive, Niall Crowley, are a cause of great concern to all of us who believe that equality is one of the necessary means of guarding freedom and democracy in a republic.

The Tánaiste Mary Coughlan, Agriculture Minister Brendan Smith and Minister for Trade John McGuinness have said they have serious reservations about particular aspects of the WTO negotiations in relation to agriculture.

IT has become increasingly clear in the last few weeks that the presidents of our universities have become disconnected from the reality faced by the people to whom their position is entirely due — the students.

THE spat between BUPA and VHI over risk equalisation is a storm in a teacup. It will not have any affect on patient care.

THE continuing Israeli onslaught on Lebanon and Gaza is making the United Nations irrelevant in world affairs.

THE National Parents Council, Post-Primary, is concerned about many issues affecting the 12-to-18 age bracket, none more so than the difficulties as regards school transport.

A BACHELOR farmer’s bequest has netted a whopping €27.5 million for a nursing home.

THE recent controversy over newspaper coverage of the circumstances surrounding the death of Liam Lawlor highlights the ongoing need for an effective mechanism for dealing with inaccurate or unfair reporting in the newspapers.

THERE is ongoing debate among academics and students as to the effectiveness and influence of students’ unions.

IN the final few weeks before the CAO deadline we feel that the issue of safe and affordable college accommodation needs to be raised.

EDUCATION Minister Noel Dempsey yesterday stood firmly over a decision by his officials to suppress documents concerning the planned closure of a teacher training college despite trenchant criticism from the Information Commissioner.

Leeds United are interested in signing Feyenoord’s Australian midfielder Brett Emerton, according to a report.

The second largest diocese on the island is getting a new auxilary bishop.