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29 July 2012 Edition

Leadership and vision remain essential

29 July 2012

CONFLICT RESOLUTION and peace building never conform to zero-sum terms or outcomes. Our own experience shows it’s much more complex than that. Free article

Orange Order’s conflicting ways

29 July 2012

WHEN Sinn Féin deputy Mayor of Belfast Tierna Cunningham condemns a paint bomb attack on the headquarters of the Orange Order in Belfast five days after The Twelfth Orange Order parades she is sending out a message to the attackers that their actions do not represent the wishes of the nationalist community. Free article

Beauty and the media beast

29 July 2012

SOMETIMES, being a woman is hard. There are so many inequalities between men and women in today’s society that if I were to talk about each and every one of them, this article would be so long that I could probably copy and paste it to a word document, print it, send it to a publisher and make a hugely riveting and success novel out of it called ‘Why Bitches Be Crazy . . . At Gender Inequality And The Downfalls Of The Modern Day Gender Binary’. It might not be as successful as ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ but not every book can be about bondage and sexually aggressive men, okay? (You perverts!) Premium service article

Gilmore ar bhóthar na Glasaigh agus na PDs?

29 July 2012

BHÍ SOTAL James Reilly follasach maidir leis an gcaoi ar láimhseáil sé cás eirí as ceannasaí an HSE, Cathal McGee agus an easpa teagmhála le hAiri ón Lucht Oibre agus an Tánaiste faoin scéal. Rinneadh an scéal níos measa nuair a fuair muid amach go raibh fhios ag an Taoiseach faoin freisin agus nár bhfiú dó labhairt le hEamon Gilmore faoi ach an oiread - ná, nior luaigh ceachtar de Theachtaí Fhine Gael é ag an gcruinniú Rialtais, cé go raibh deacrachtai i bhFeidhmeannas na Seirbhísí Sláinte mar phríomhábhar pléite lena linn. Free article

Todhchaí na Gaeltachta

29 July 2012

D’FHÁILTIGH Conradh na Gaeilge agus Guth na Gaeltachta roimh fhoilsiú An Bhille Gaeltachta 2012, ach creideann go bhfuil go leor leasuithe le déanamh agus ceisteanna le freagairt air maidir leis na pleananna Gaeilge atá ag a chroílár. Tá gach cuma ar an scéal go mbeidh an reachtaíocht is tábhachtaí ó thaobh na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta de le trí scór bliain anuas á bhrú trí Thithe an Oireachtais roimh bhriseadh an tsamhraidh. Premium service article

Much ado about very little

29 July 2012

THERE ARE over 430,000 unemployed in the 26-County economy, at 14.5% the fifth highest in the European Union. Measures – any measures – that will reduce that figure and create jobs are to be welcomed and it is in that context that the Government’s ‘jobs stimulus’ was to be welcomed. Free article

1972 – A summer of tragedy

29 July 2012

1972 was the most tragic year with the highest number of deaths and injuries in the modern Irish conflict. It was a major turning point that was to determine political and military events for years to come. Premium service article

Cúlchaint

29 July 2012

TÁ CARA AGAM a bhí an-tugtha do na gréasáin sóisialta le roinnt blianta anuas, ag scríobh dialann a shaoil gach maidin, tráthnóna agus oíche ionas go mbeadh a fhios ag an domhan go raibh sé ann. Nuair a bhí a bhonn rothair pollta bhí a fhios againn faoi, nuair a rinne na páistí dearmad a bhosca lóin a thabhairt ar scoil bhí a fhios againn faoi agus de réir a chéile cuireadh muid (a gcairde, mar dhea) ar an eolas faoi gach thuas seal thíos seal ina scéal. Free article

Between the Posts

29 July 2012

TITLE-HOLDERS BEWARE. The underdogs have been unleashed on this year’s All-Ireland championship. In a fearless display of skilful and spirited hurling in Croke Park, the Galway senior hurlers mauled Kilkenny. Premium service article


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