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Life in Fine Gael after George Lee

Monday March 22 2010

BARRING a miraculous early upturn in Ireland's fortunes, Fine Gael and Labour will form the next coalition government and Enda Kenny will become Taoiseach. Few occasions offer a better opportunity than a national conference to scrutinise parties seeking office.

Papal letter is just a start

Monday March 22 2010

CRITICS of the Pope's pastoral letter to Irish Catholics have made many valid points about what they see as its inadequacies. But there are at least two positive sides to the event: its unique nature, and the graciousness and humility of Benedict XVI's apology to victims of clerical sex abuse.

Fiach Kelly: Members band together but can't drum home message

Monday March 22 2010

JUST for a minute, the conference had the potential to get ugly, or uglier if you were being uncharitable.

Greens on course for fourth minister's job in reshuffle

Monday March 22 2010

THE Greens are increasingly confident Brian Cowen will deliver them an extra junior minister to stabilise his coalition government.

'The Pope's letter will not lead most Irish Catholics to return to the sacraments'

John Cooney: Papal letter has fanned flames of worldwide fury

Monday March 22 2010

POPE Benedict has let down victims in his flawed Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Ireland. He has fanned the flames of worldwide fury among church members at his failure to admit and apologise for his own culpability in covering up rapes of children by clergy.

James Downey: Kenny offers us 'Mr Fix It' instead of the Big Picture

Monday March 22 2010

BROKEN economy, broken political system, broken public finances, broken public services, broken majority church, broken spirits: in short, a broken society. Who can repair it?

LISTED: Diarmuid Bradley

Ex-Permo TSB bank boss on tax defaulters' list

Sunday March 21 2010

A recent president of the Irish Banking Federation and former deputy chief of Permanent TSB has appeared on the list of tax defaulters.