OECD health figures are a real challenge

There is a sense, but only time will tell if it’s more than wishful thinking, that some of the shibboleths that choked this society for so very long are, a full century after we achieved independence, being shaken off.

Three lighthouse events, each unimaginable even a decade ago, reflect a society determined to move towards the warm, energising sunshine a real, pro-active, enriching republic promises.