• Fine Gael sets out an alternative way

  Fine Gael has offered the electorate something new and resisted a further bout of auction politics by concentrating on "the vision thing" and on commitments already made. As a tactic, it contrasted favourably with Fianna Fáil's unambiguous vote-buying exercise of last week, while offering a safe pair of hands in government. p
  

• Reporting suicide

  Few issues are more difficult for journalists to report on than suicide. Yet it is, sadly, a topic that has to be reported and reflected on with terrible frequency. A report by John Cullen for the National Office of Suicide Prevention (NOSP) found, in one twelve-month period alone, 1,596 items on suicide in the Irish print media, an average of 133 a month. p
  

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