The Children and Family Relationships Act will remain on the statute books whether or not Irish people vote yes to same-sex marriage on May 22. This piece of legislation allows for adoption by same-sex couples and provides for guardianship. The referendum will seek to add the following clause to our Constitution:“Marriage may be contracted in accordance with law by two persons without distinction as to their sex.”

The Government is still drowning in the water charge controversy. 

The pension debacle at Aer Lingus rumbles on. However, this saga has taken a new twist that has far reaching ramifications for the trade union movement that will threaten their relevance.

The Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has described the Aer Lingus decision to sue SIPTU for damages to the tune of millions as being unhelpful.

Ireland was the island of saints and scholars and now it is a nation ridden with criminals.

The Anglo telephone conversations that have made their way into the public domain do not make for easy listening. They have filled the nation with a sense of shock, nausea and revulsion.

I have been shocked by the vitriolic tripe spouted by some people about Margaret Thatcher’s death.

Make no mistake, the march organised on Saturday, by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions was not just about the bank debt. It was also an anti-austerity march.

It would seem that the Minister for Transport has seen the light in terms of the validity of the Ryanair offer for Aer Lingus.

The Ryanair bid has been launched and it’s game-on. The Minister for Transport is to scrutinise the deal.

The news that Ryanair has launched yet another takeover bid for Aer Lingus would ordinarily strike fear into the hearts and minds of the traveling public.

That the Government is to proceed with legislation to protect so-called “whistleblowers” who seek to expose wrong-doing in either the public or private sectors, is to be welcomed.

The news that the Government wish to sell its stake in Aer Lingus when conditions are ripe is deeply disappointing.

THE news that the German Bundestag got to examine the details of our budget before we got to hear the delectable details did not surprise me in the slightest.

THE news that the Government is actively considering selling its stake in Aer Lingus is a cause for grave concern.

THE action in dismissing Melanie Verwoerd by email is truly deplorable. Talk about kicking a woman when she is down.

THE decision by the Arbitration Board to maintain the status quo with regard to privilege days in the civil service has been described as incredulous by some quarters and disappointing by others.

IRELAND has been given a significant morale boost by the spectacular performances of the Irish racing industry at Cheltenham.

ON the Frontline on Monday evening the two newly-elected left-wing TDs, Clare Daly and Dessie Ellis received a less than warm welcome from the audience who viewed them with suspicion.

THE situation where student nurses will not get paid for their work placement is deplorable, morally reprehensible and just plain wrong.