Sunday 26 May 2013
BY one of those strange coincidences, the same day psychiatrist Kevin Malone testified to the Oireachtas Health Committee on abortion and suicide this week, he also launched a major report on suicide among Irish males.
SOMEBODY asked me recently why the Government had spent so long seeking agreement with the public service unions regarding pay and pension bill savings from 2013 to 2016. After all, at the conclusion of discussions at the Labour Relations Commission, on Haddington Road, we had been talking for the guts of five months.
Can you remember where you were when you first saw the iconic snap, 'The Execution of A Viet Cong Guerilla'?
IT was the bit about the child's head being pushed down at nap time that did it for me.
ALAN Shatter was adamant all week he didn't regret dragging up the Mick Wallace driving while on the mobile phone allegation.
He started it. The big shot did it and ran away. Alan Shatter only has himself to blame for landing in the uncomfortable position of having to account for his movements pertaining to his vehicle and an encounter with the gardai on a certain night.
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JUSTICE Minister Alan Shatter faces a second week of controversy as doubts about his ability to handle garda confidential information persist compounded by questions over explanations of his own conduct. Unsurprisingly, government colleagues seek to blame the opposition and the media as they claim "this has been dealt with". Well, let's not waste too much time on that.
ANECDOTALLY, many of us have known about this for some time. But today this newspaper brings you hard evidence that rising childcare costs and decreasing maternity benefits are forcing women out of work.
IT IS the greatest dread of every parent with young children and it will especially strike a chord with parents, more usually mothers, who have recently returned to work at the end of parental leave. The allegations of poor conditions and bad staff behaviour in three creches, two in Dublin and one in Wicklow, are deeply shocking and disappointing.
TO the best of my recollection, it was Napoleon who said that genius consisted of 99pc perspiration and 1pc inspiration. This is profoundly true of industrial relations. It calls for long hours, intense work, vast experience and a knowledge of how to gain and retain trust.
AS heated as the abortion debate in Ireland has become, there was palpable embarrassment and unease among many Catholics at the raising of potential excommunications and public refusal of communion at Mass for politicians who vote for abortion legislation.
I DON'T like the term wags. I don't know anyone who does. It can objectify wives and girlfriends and stereotype them as some kind of Balenciaga-carrying bunch who've bagged the star man. Some see them as another forum to voyeuristically grade women into Who's Hot. And Who's Hotter.
It is not normally the job of a statesman, but President Obama showed promise as a funny man when he had them rolling in the aisles at the recent White House Correspondents’ dinner.
THE economics commentariat and no small part of the political debate in recent weeks has been consumed with the controversy surrounding the work of my Harvard colleagues (and friends) Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff (RR).
THE economic debate of the recent weeks has centred around arguments that “austerity isn’t working” or claims that “austerity is over”.
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John Rocha, known for his signature muted tones, has brought in a vibrant palette for his debut foray in to eyewear
Lulu unveils a collection of glasses created specifically for stylish women aged 50 plus
‘Should’ve gone to Specsavers’, will be a phrase aimed less often at referees, now that the new Hawkeye points detection technology is going live at Croke Park.
Bright crimson, blush pink and indigo blue are the keynotes in one of the biggest fashion stories of this year. Designer John Rocha has launched his first ever eyewear collection, teaming up with Specsavers.
One of the problems with managing a gluten free diet is making sure that you don’t accidentally pick up gluten.
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