WHETHER there is a murky secret or an innocent explanation behind the controversy over the leaked government memo on the Lisbon treaty, it at least highlights one important fact — that few Irish people have easy access to the text of the treaty text and even a smaller number have had the opportunity to read and study it.

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

SOME months ago, an ordinary worker attempted, in the High Court, to have the managing director of a large company sent to jail for contempt of court.