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    • Waking up to climate change

      Addressing Monday's special informal session of the United Nations General Assembly on climate change UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon said aptly that "today, the time for doubt has passed". He called on world leaders to take unprecedented action on the issue, since inaction will be far more costly in the long term. p

    • Blurring alternatives

      British prime minister Gordon Brown stood on the steps of 10 Downing Street two weeks ago to greet one of his predecessors in office, Margaret Thatcher. For this well publicised social visit, Lady Thatcher wore not a blue, but a pink dress; pink being politically a lighter shade of red. p
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    • Up to Greens, PDs to hold the line

      Post-Mahon questions over the Taoiseach's fitness for office - or otherwise - are set to dominate the resumption of Dáil business, writes Stephen Collins , Political Editor p

    • Serious side to cash carousel

      Celia Larkin relied on the recollection of Bertie Ahern for her account of being driven to AIB on O'Connell Street in Dublin in January 1995 by Ahern, withdrawing IR£50,000, coming out of the bank and being driven back to Drumcondra by Bertie, where he lodged the money in his safe at St Luke's. Although, according to Celia, this memory was prompted by Bertie's recollection of what occurred, Bertie had no recollection at all of this at the tribunal, writes Vincent Browne . p

    • Don't shoot the messengers - support them

      Ireland is increasingly perceived to be corrupt, according to a report published today. John Devitt argues that politicians should stop attacking whistleblowers, tribunals and the media, and do more to help such champions of public integrity p
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    • An Irishman's Diary

      As many parents will know, trying to get your children to sleep at night can be a stressful experience. It's all very well for the experts to advise having strict rules about bed-time, accompanied by soothing, repetitive rituals conducive to sleep. But the pressures of modern living sometimes get in the way of the theory. p
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