When is an army not an army? When it is an EU ``military force'' of 60,000 troops. The EU plans to establish this force by 2003, according to the former head of NATO Javier Solana. He was speaking on a visit to Dublin on the same day that the Peace and Neutrality Alliance launched a new campaign to write neutrality into the 1937 Constitution. Free article

The passing away of `Stan' Kearns last Saturday evening, 25 March, although anticipated for a number of weeks, was nevertheless a shock to all his comrades and friends. Free article