THE HSE West decision to slash its budget by a further €50m is presented by it and the Government as unavoidable and necessary.

LAW lecturer Jennifer Schweppe (April 22) claimed members of the Oireachtas have “abjectly failed in their constitutional duty” by not introducing legislation to make abortion available in Ireland.

RECENT media coverage of the removal of poles from the construction site of Gael Choláiste na Mara, Arklow, Co Wicklow, provided an opportunity for some tongue-in-cheek coverage.

THE furore over Britain’s Prince Harry wearing a Nazi armband brought hypocrisy, tendentious social commentary, political doublethink and historical myopia to new levels of absurdity.