WITH a general election looming, writers and artists should be asking questions about the new dawn the Government promised 19 months ago.

THE Irish horse industry is tainted, but it’s not just infighting, doping of horses and tarnished Olympic gold that has dragged it into disrepute.

THE US politicians and military personnel who described the suicides of three Guantánamo Bay detainees as “smart”, “an act of asymmetrical warfare”, and “a good PR move to draw attention”, among other bizarrely complementary references, are serving no cause whatsoever.