THE NON-PROSECUTION of officers formerly in the fingerprint section of the Gardai is in spite of a finding that several "mistakes" were made by these officers in fingerprint identification over the last several years.

WITH HIS HORN-RIMMED spectacles, toothbrush mousstache and three piece slightlyyout-of-fashion suit he looks like an English bank manager. By CHRIS DOHERTY

The Dublin Arts festival, music, theatre, restaurants and pubs

THE LOGISTICS involved in running a car ferry are quite simple. As passsengers are motorised, this gives the ferry operator total flexibility when choosing arrival and departure points. There is no necessity to link up major cities directly or even to consider a railway connection. by James Prufrock

An analysis of the Government's economic strategy by Paddy Geary

BY WINNING ALL four matches in the international rugby championship in 1978, Wales created all sorts of records - three Triple Crowns in succcession; a record number of grand slams, personal scoring records for their captain Phil rlennett and for serummhalf Gareth Edwards ,and for Edwards also the unique achievement of becoming the first Welshman to win 50 caps.

The bad news that has dogged British Leyland over the years has largely obscured the fact that the UK giant offers a range of excellent, sometimes outstanding, cars. Although the pall-like cloud of economic uncertainty hanging over the State-owned company has dated some of the models, because new ones haven't been produced, at least the existing range has been around long enough to have proved its reliability.

The twenty-five foot high star came to life. From its dominating position behind the stage of the Sunset Club in Longford, outlined in red, white and two shades of green against a deep blue background, the star began a rhythmic blinking. The tiny lights embedded in the high blue ceiling added their own stardust imitations and for a few minutes it seemed as though Garret FitzGerald was about to finish his marathon constituency tour with all the taste, style and Panache of Richard Nixon. By: Gene Kerrigan.

Part I: Labour before and after Frank Cluskey

FOR BOTH COALITION parties the experience in Government and the election were calamities and, although Fine Gael iost more seats and more votes; the outcome for Labour is the more serious. By: Vincent Browne

Sexual attitudes and behaviour are changing radically in Ireland as evidenced by the increasing breakdown of marriages, the higher VD and illegitimacy rates and the sale of the contraceptive pill. We examine the scale of this change and attempt to describe current attitudes to sex in Irish society.