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Review: In the shadow of men by Valerie O'Brien

Saturday February 06 2010

Most of us know very little about life in the Irish Army, apart from seeing the "mighty" Rangers in their camouflage gear on TV or pictures of the Minister shaking hands with our troops on UN duty somewhere hot. That and stories about deafness and rotten living quarters. But what is it really like being in the Irish Army?

Plane explodes minutes after taking off into storm

Tuesday January 26 2010

ALL weekend it had been storming across Beirut, bringing the first snows to the mountains above the capital -- a near tempest of lightning and thunder that blasted across the seafront Corniche and the runways of the city's international airport.

Rolls-Royce is a sound investment for both bears and bulls

Thursday January 21 2010

WE hear a lot on this side of the Irish Sea about exporters' problems caused by the British government's effective devaluation of sterling but Sharescope readers should be looking at ways to exploit that devaluation.

Hundreds of parents in limbo on adoptions

Friday January 15 2010

HUNDREDS of parents were last night thrown into legal limbo as the Government announced that it will not renew negotiations for a bi-lateral adoption agreement with Vietnam.

An injured child receiving medical treatment yesterday after the devastating earthquake struck Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince

Jason O'Brien: Godforsaken Haiti needs help now, more than ever

Thursday January 14 2010

EARLY last November, two Irish women got themselves into a bit of a bind while doing charity work in Haiti.

IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT -- AND WE FEEL FINE

Sunday January 10 2010

The struggle to convince the world that the planet was under threat from a number of sources, but chiefly from man-made pollution, went on for a few years at the end of the 20th century, but eventually even the most obtuse accepted the overwhelming scientific evidence. When the phenomenon of climate change was first discovered, it bore the seeds of controversy in itself because the initial predictions were for global cooling rather than global warming. Then, as the planet began to heat up -- lovely summers in the past few decades -- scientists admitted they had been wrong and changed their alert to one for global warming.

Job-loss fears hit teachers volunteering for third-world

Thursday January 07 2010

A fall-off in the number of primary teachers volunteering for service in developing countries has been attributed to fears about losing jobs and work-related benefits at home.