Fine Gael's plans for reforming the healthcare system seem well-intentioned, but are unrealistic. By Sara Burke.
James Reilly has been rewarded for his staunch defence of Enda Kenny in the Fine Gael heave by his ascension to Deputy Leader of the party and reappointment to the front bench in health. So what does Fine Gael’s James Reilly stand for and what would Fine Gael’s health policy mean to the Irish people?
Today, the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Ireland marked 20 years of working to create a fairer society in Ireland and Europe with the launch of a new book.
The history of exploration has seen many people caught in terrifying situations come into contact with a benevolent presence adventurers call the 'Third Man.' John Geiger has brought together these strange stories in a thrilling page-turner.
Review by Edward O’Hare
The political drive to use more generic and cheaper drugs will be good for the public purse. But imposing prescription charges on medical card holders is wrong. By Sara Burke.
Compared with the knowledge and scrutiny of people living in poverty in Ireland, little is known about how wealth is generated, by whom, and what they do with it. By Siobhán O'Donoghue.
HSE and Dept of Health are ultimately responsible for unaccounted €2.35m. By Sara Burke.
So what has happened to the €2.35m of public money that was channelled through the HSE to the Siptu union?
HSE chief Brendan Drumm says he has no idea.
Siptu say they never received that money.
What was this fund for, how was it spent and why on earth did no state agency take responsibility for the annual €250,000 fund over eight years?
Arrest comes as Shell To Sea campaign digs the sand in search for Corrib pipe. By Shane Creevy.
Too many people in Europe are currently faced with the choice between "heating and eating" according to Fintan Farrell, head of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN). Deirdra O'Regan reports from the People Experiencing Poverty conference in Brussels.
The EAPN, with Irishman Farrell at the helm, is the main driving force behind the annual meeting of People Experiencing Poverty, which opened today in Brussels. The two-day meeting, which is in its ninth year, is primarily intended to encourage and allow people experiencing poverty to influence policy.
At a conference in Buswells Hotel today, Socialist Party MEP Joe Higgins launched the European week of protest against government strategies that disadvantage the poor. By Shane Creevy.
Martin Amis's long awaited new novel about the sexual revolution does nothing to restore the author's reputation. By Edward O’Hare.
High summer, 1970.
Keith Nearing, his girlfriend Lily and her friend Scheherazade, all just turned twenty, go to stay in an Italian castle. Outside the social order is undergoing a metamorphosis. The sexual revolution has reached full pitch; Feminism is upending old power-structures.