I'm not an expert on discrimination against people with disabilities. But I know 700 people who are. I sat in the RDS on Tuesday night last and listened to what they had to say. If the members of this Government had done the same, listened, then they could never have produced the insult that is the Disability Bill.
The turning of the sod in Adamstown may well mark the real beginning of the general election campaign – even though we will have at least two by-elections before then.
Conjecture and hypothesis presented as fact in a column by Kevin Myers alleging garda involvement in the murder of a judge, his wife and two RUC officers, Vincent Browne reports
What with a national newspaper columnist shouting a dirty word at children, one hopes the previous media-related fuss, about intrusions into celebrities' private lives, will retreat into some sensible perspective.
The press response to crime statistics is bereft of logic or consistency, writes Conor Brady
Is that it then? Four thousand deaths later, the second Intifada ends in an outing to Sharm el-Sheik? While we may only be a news item away from the shattering of our own peace, it is difficult to force the mind to remember the worst of it, both in Israel and here at home.
On women
What a week. What a fortnight. For one-parent families. For the Old Lady of d'Olier Street. For the media in general.
This week Vitali Vitaliev visits Dublin's district courts, where he witnesses the grim reality of those charged wth petty crimes
By Conor Brady FORMER EDITOR OF THE IRISH TIMES 1986-2002