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High standards in public life
The priorities of this Government on ethical issues leave a lot to be desired. Legislation which has its genesis in the particular difficulties experienced by the Taoiseach in relation to financial "dig outs" received from his friends has only now been published. And it has little chance of becoming law before the Dáil is dissolved. p
Teacher conferences
This week's teacher conferences proved more eventful than anticipated. Although morale within the profession appears high, teachers are clearly nervous about the impact of inflation on their earnings. In this context, their unions will be watching how the nurses' dispute plays out with keen interest. p
Opinion
We must deal openly with past
Speaking at an Easter commemoration rally last weekend, Martin McGuinness said republicans would use exclusively peaceful and democratic means to try to achieve their goal of a united Ireland, says David Adams pAction needed on false labelling and misleading claims
There is a high rate of potentially misleading references and imagery to imply non-existent environmental benefits on labels and products, write Anne Pender and Louise Dunne pPostmodernism made me do it: a world without blame
The Stalinist past of a popular sociologist has recently come back to haunt him. But do the ethics of his social analysis clear him of all charges? asks Andreas Hess p
An Irishman's Diary
In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, the first Friday after Easter is "Bright Friday", a date traditionally set aside for the blessing of gardens, writes Frank McNally p
