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Expensive road to the White House
The ability of the presidential campaign team of Senator Barack Obama to raise what New York's Newsday rightly described as an "eye-popping" $25 million in the first quarter of 2007, nearly tying him with Hillary Clinton's $26 million, is eloquent testimony to the extraordinarily extravagant likely cost of the 2008 US presidential election. Collectively, the Democratic candidates raised nearly $80 million in the first quarter, outpacing the Republican field for the first time since proper records began in 1970s. p
Mental health service
One in four Irish people will experience some form of mental illness during their lifetimes. But the Government and health authorities continue to behave in a callous and parsimonious fashion towards the provision of necessary health services and the upgrading of facilities. p
Opinion
Should alcohol advertising be banned?
HEAD2HEAD: YES Joe Barry says the drinks companies spend more than €50 million a year on adverts because they know advertising increases consumption NO Michael Patton says there is no evidence that a ban would be as effective as the current restrictions. pDriving force of young men
Can there be any argument with the statement by Brian Farrell of the National Roads Authority about young male drivers, asks John Waters . p
An Irishman's Diary
Well over a century before the first whispers about global warming and changing weather patterns caused by human activities, Ireland had its worst ever storm, writes Hugh Oram . p
