HEALTH Minister Mary Harney has declared the crisis in the State's A&E departments as a 'national emergency'. Just days before, the Health Service Executive set targets to reduce A&E waiting times to 24 hours by the year-end.

MICHAEL McDOWELL has acted in an outrageous manner with his allegations against Frank Connolly - allegations that are not only unsubstantiated but also entirely baseless legally.

THE recent advocacy of republican ideals by Fine Gael, Labour and the PDs has been shown to be a rhetorical sham by their rejection of the Taoiseach’s proposal to allow limited speaking rights in the Dáil to MPs from the North.