THE theme of Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh’s thought-provoking address recently to the ASTI conference was integrity and trust. Both of these have been destroyed by the neoliberal economic policies of the Government, big business and bankers.

A WEEKEND will be set aside every year to commemorate the Great Famine and celebrate the contribution millions of Irish immigrants made around the world after fleeing starvation.

One of the country’s best known historical writers is among group of experts who will decide how to honour the million people who died in the Great Famine.

THE next national pay deal will collapse unless the Government distributes wealth more evenly, a top political historian has warned.