Editorials

More must be done to stop race hate attacks

THE despicable attacks on members of the Romanian community in south Belfast in recent days and the attacks against people attending an anti-racism protest in the Lisburn Road area on Monday are to be utterly condemned. Those families who have been attacked need the support and the solidarity of the community and its political representatives in the time ahead.

Cowen leadership - what leadership?

The failure of Brian Cowen's government's to immediately abolish ministerial pension payments to sitting TDs is a stark illustration of just how little influence the Taoiseach seems to have over his own TDs.

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