IT has been a week of good news and bad news. No, I am not talking about the prospects for the various presidential election candidates. While it was a week of some interesting poll results, I intend to wait another week or so before talking

It is now over two months since the Heads of Government of the eurozone countries met together at a special summit on July 21. Their task was clear: to show the international markets that the EU was determined to defend and protect the euro. To

The Dail session which started last Wednesday might prove itself to be one of the most important and crucial sittings this Government has during its term. Though it has now been in power for just over six months, the Government has yet to flesh out,

LOOK up ‘urgent’ in any standard dictionary and it will offer definitions such as ‘compelling’ or ‘requiring immediate action or attention’. Peruse the concise Noonan-Kenny lexicon and you find such turgid phrases as ‘interdepartmental groups’ and ‘no definite timeline’. Their dictionary is small. In it,

Deputy Willie O’Dea has stated that the Government have attacked the most vulnerable in society in the Budget and made a mockery of many of their pre-election promises. Deputy O’Dea said, “In relation to Child Benefit, the announcement that the rate for the third and subsequent

“People have come to me in tears, behind in their repayments, admitting that they voted for the Government parties believing their promises to provide extra mortgage interest relief.”     Willie O’Dea TD says the most recent quarterly mortgage arrears statistics released by the Central Bank underline the need for