Mr Noonan, we should not move on

So now it’s official.

Thank you for voting for equality

Twelve months have passed since Ireland voted to extend the right of civil marriage to same sex couples. 

Law Society must cough up

Perhaps it is time that the cost of “free legal aid” is borne by the Law Society?

Fine Gael set up for its biggest fall

Fine Gael has the largest number of ministers in government than any previous administration.

Can Harris end overcrowding?

On a typical day in our struggling emergency departments, hundreds will lie on trolleys for hours on end waiting on a bed. 

West must enforce ceasefire in Syria

Everyone will admire the way Turkey has taken in and helped so many refugees from Syria and it should receive support from other countries for doing this, as President Erdogan says.

‘Craggy Island’ politics

Some years back I used to shake my head at the insanity of having a minister of health who suffered from long-term morbid obesity.

We should protect the family farm

Inefficiencyof scale in the farming sector is being ignored to the determent of farming.

Farming by its nature is a high-cost, low-margin business.

Name game shame

I spotted a stand of name plaques for sheds in a chain store yesterday.

Health service

Florence Nightingale rides again.