3 December 1998 Edition
Dúirt siad...
We are the only country in Europe that does not have legislation to protect workers in this area.
Jimmy Somers of SIPTU on new work codes for Sunday working in the retail trade.
A culture of individualism sees the wealthy few and the personally ambitious and greedy benefit most from economic activity to the detriment of the common good, and especially of the disadvantaged sections of our society.
Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín O Cáoláin speaking at the launch of the party's budget submission last week. The Examiner, Thursday 26 November.
While everyone is reluctant to use the word crisis to describe the current state of the peace process, there can be no doubt about the seriousness of the situation. The lack of movement, the failures on agreements reached and commitments made, can only erode confidence in this process and give credibility to those who have argued that politics cannot deliver real change.
Martin McGuinness on the peace process.
I am very conscious of the difficulties and the fears that unionists face. Nationalists and republicans too have fears uncertainties and our doubts. We want to see a pluralist Ireland which recognises and celebrates the diversity of all the people of the island.
Gerry Adams on unionist fears. Irish News, Friday 27 November.
Mr Blair is on the road to surrender. I told him that face-to-face on Wednesday. He asked me was I not going down to hear him in Dublin. I said no... and that I got an invitation and put it in the wastepaper basket. I said to him do you think I am going down to Dublin to make the rafters of Leinster House ring, as you are hailed...
Ian Paisley in fine form last week during the visit of Tony Blair.
Far from being optimistic about recent events, I am deeply pessimistic that the two governments are once again playing musical chairs with the agreement in the hope and expectation that Sinn Féin will be left standing when the music stops. They appear to have made a political decision - understandable only in Blair's case - that David Trimble's concerns are of more importance than those of Sinn Féin, instead of giving both equal weight, which would have been the correct way to proceed.
Niall O'Dowd writing in Ireland On Sunday on the latest impasse in the peace process. 29 November.
Finally I hear that the real reason for the Dublin needle [the new structure to replace Nelson's Pillar in O'Connell Street] is not to acknowledge Dublin's position as the heroin capital of Europe, but to recognise Jackie Healy-Rae's skill in stitching up the government.
Tim Pat Coogan, Ireland On Sunday 29 November.
It is hard to imagine that this is the same ``loathsome reptile'' that Paisley, just a few short years ago, saw fit to accompany in a jig of delight in Portadown, after the passage of an Orange parade down the Garvaghy Road. Then again, the reptile world is said to be the last link with the dinosaurs.
Editorial on Paisley's rant at the DUP conference last weekend. Irish News Monday 30 November.
Jimmy Somers of SIPTU on new work codes for Sunday working in the retail trade.
A culture of individualism sees the wealthy few and the personally ambitious and greedy benefit most from economic activity to the detriment of the common good, and especially of the disadvantaged sections of our society.
Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín O Cáoláin speaking at the launch of the party's budget submission last week. The Examiner, Thursday 26 November.
While everyone is reluctant to use the word crisis to describe the current state of the peace process, there can be no doubt about the seriousness of the situation. The lack of movement, the failures on agreements reached and commitments made, can only erode confidence in this process and give credibility to those who have argued that politics cannot deliver real change.
Martin McGuinness on the peace process.
I am very conscious of the difficulties and the fears that unionists face. Nationalists and republicans too have fears uncertainties and our doubts. We want to see a pluralist Ireland which recognises and celebrates the diversity of all the people of the island.
Gerry Adams on unionist fears. Irish News, Friday 27 November.
Mr Blair is on the road to surrender. I told him that face-to-face on Wednesday. He asked me was I not going down to hear him in Dublin. I said no... and that I got an invitation and put it in the wastepaper basket. I said to him do you think I am going down to Dublin to make the rafters of Leinster House ring, as you are hailed...
Ian Paisley in fine form last week during the visit of Tony Blair.
Far from being optimistic about recent events, I am deeply pessimistic that the two governments are once again playing musical chairs with the agreement in the hope and expectation that Sinn Féin will be left standing when the music stops. They appear to have made a political decision - understandable only in Blair's case - that David Trimble's concerns are of more importance than those of Sinn Féin, instead of giving both equal weight, which would have been the correct way to proceed.
Niall O'Dowd writing in Ireland On Sunday on the latest impasse in the peace process. 29 November.
Finally I hear that the real reason for the Dublin needle [the new structure to replace Nelson's Pillar in O'Connell Street] is not to acknowledge Dublin's position as the heroin capital of Europe, but to recognise Jackie Healy-Rae's skill in stitching up the government.
Tim Pat Coogan, Ireland On Sunday 29 November.
It is hard to imagine that this is the same ``loathsome reptile'' that Paisley, just a few short years ago, saw fit to accompany in a jig of delight in Portadown, after the passage of an Orange parade down the Garvaghy Road. Then again, the reptile world is said to be the last link with the dinosaurs.
Editorial on Paisley's rant at the DUP conference last weekend. Irish News Monday 30 November.