WHEN eight British soldiers were arrested by the gardaí in the middle of the night in May 1976, it was one of the most embarrassing diplomatic incidents of the Troubles.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn’s proposal to allow schools with excess demand to reserve a quarter of places for children of past pupils has been strongly opposed by the Children’s Ombudsman Emily Logan.

LAST week we had a perfect example of how this country works.

The woman who died in a head-on road collision on Monday night will be buried with her unborn daughter today following a funeral Mass in the church where she got married just last year.