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McDowell sets a dangerous precedent

ON Pat Kenny’s radio programme last Monday, Justice Minister Michael McDowell defended his action during the televised leaders’ debate in challenging Gerry Adams on the Colombia Three and FARC.

Halt public funding for constituency offices

Clamping and meters more forms of taxation

Resist moves to ban Christian symbols

Irish economy is a drop in the EU ocean

Government retains right to silence

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell is proposing a review of the rights of the accused in criminal trials.

Mon, 30 Oct, 2006

Together again?

SURELY there remains no logical reason for the Progressive Democrats to delay rejoining Fianna Fáil?

Tue, 03 Oct, 2006

Pope should have taken a balanced approach

YOU’D have to wonder what Pope Benedict had in mind when writing the controversial address he delivered at Regensburg last week.

Sat, 23 Sep, 2006

Tax avoidance: let’s call their bluff

THE recently published Revenue Commissioner’s analysis for 2002 shows that the top 400 earners in the State, who each earned in excess of €1m, paid an average tax rate of 24.4% and that 43 of these paid less than 5% in tax.

Mon, 10 Jul, 2006

Town gridlock: where was the traffic corps?

DRIVING from Rosslare to Dublin on a recent weekday, it took an hour to get through Gorey at lunchtime, a distance of about one mile. This wasn’t the result of road works or an accident, it was just a normal day’s experience there. I didn’t see a single garda in that hour.

Wed, 14 Jun, 2006