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British should ‘exonerate’ executed of 1916 as part of commemoration

When Britain’s Queen Elizabeth addressed Ireland in Dublin Castle, in May, 2011, she said that the events of our mutual history had touched us all and, with the benefit of hindsight, we could all see things that should have been done differently; that in 2011 the peoples and the governments of Britain and Ireland enjoyed bonds that were based on understanding and reconciliation.

Central Bank must tackle the ticking bomb that is mortgage debt on devalued homes

UUP leader should try a new model – the GAA

Callely expense claims cause intense anger

Bank chief’s deal detached from reality

Is the Anglo bailout just a bluffing exercise?

Mission aborted all for the sake of vanity

THE 1975 oath of secrecy extracted from two child sex abuse victims to which Cardinal Seán Brady was a witness is simply another vivid and catastrophic illustration of the consequences that arise when there is no accountability within an organisation and the vanity of leaders takes absolute precedence over the vitality and integrity of its mission.

Wed, 17 Mar, 2010

Churchmen cited in abuse report should have quit

THE publication of the report of the Murphy commission ought to have promptly triggered the instant and simultaneous resignation from their current posts of the surviving bishops and monsignors cited in the report rather than a display of stubborn obduracy in the case of some and silence, evasion and cunning in the case of others.

Tue, 01 Dec, 2009

Let people decide who sits in a reformed Seanad

VOLATILE political opinion polls mirror an electorate greatly traumatised and threatened by unprecedented economic instability and horrified by the subversive leadership of the banks that aggravated the severity of this downturn in Ireland.

Mon, 30 Mar, 2009

Who would buy into our deeply flawed banks?

THERE is much derisory comment and punch about the reputation, probity and transparency of Ireland’s financial institutions and the inordinate levels of remuneration of those who lead them and those who are forced abruptly to retire from them.

Thu, 19 Feb, 2009

Cardinal’s idea of personal loyalty is misplaced

WHERE did Cardinal Brady look for inspiration when he declared in Killarney that Bishop Magee should remain in his see?

Thu, 22 Jan, 2009

Bishop should quit as his credibility is on the line

IT is outrageous that publication of the report by the National Board for Safeguarding Children into clerical sex abuse allegations in the diocese of Cloyne was not accompanied by the immediate and contrite resignation of Bishop John McGee.

Wed, 24 Dec, 2008