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Public and private pensions
Minister for Finance Brian Cowen was asked in a written Dáil question last week to estimate the cost of the deferred pension liabilities of those working in the public service. How much would it cost in current money terms to finance their pensions? The answer was €45 billion, and rising. A decade ago the cost was €25 billion. p
Ecumenism in action
The installation yesterday evening of a Roman Catholic priest, the noted theologian Prof Enda McDonagh, as an ecumenical canon of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, is an occasion of joy and one that ought to be welcomed by everyone on this island. The ceremony follows that of last Sunday when a former moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Very Rev Dr Ken Newell OBE, became the first ecumenical canon of the cathedral. p
Opinion
If I were president. . .
US presidential hopeful, Democrat Barak Obama , outlines his foreign policy goals if elected to the White House. pBlair will find envoy role harder
As I have stated here before, I believe that the people of Ireland and Britain owe Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair an enormous debt of gratitude for helping bring peace and political stability to Northern Ireland, writes David Adams . p
An Irishman's Diary
I don't know about you, but the endless rain is causing me to have hallucinations, Frank McNally writes. p
