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    • Reporting family law cases

      The first phase of the Courts Service's one-year pilot project on reporting family law has ended with the publication of Dr Carol Coulter's report. She was appointed last year to compile reports on family law proceedings and to gather, assess and present meaningful statistics on these cases for the first time. p

    • Binge drinking

      Ireland's heavy alcohol consumption and record binge drinking are graphically recorded in an excellent report on their health-related consequences published yesterday by the Health Research Board. We have known for some time that levels of drinking increased substantially over the last decade or so, bringing Ireland towards the top of EU listings - and the ranking would be higher if the comparatively large number of abstainers were taken into account. p
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    • Time to respect the rights of all gender identities

      Careful protection of the rights of transsexuals rather than a knee-jerk legislative response is required in the wake of the recent High Court decision, writes Tanya Ní Mhuirthile p

    • A Bertie in hand is worth two times a Bush

      Newton's Optic Having worked assiduously on the figures, Newton Emerson finds that the Taoiseach is underpaid p

    • Addressing problem of junk mail

      There was a survey recently, printed by Ecologist magazine, on the little annoyances which render modern life more ugly. While some of the annoyances cited were a little surprising - even I cannot get irritated by bagged salad - and some, like the mobile phone, were highly debatable, the inclusion of junk mail seemed only right and fitting, writes Ann Marie Hourihane p
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    • An Irishman's Diary

      It's rather apt that the Health Service Executive and the Technical Engineering and Electrical Trade Union should choose now to have a row involving the light bulbs in hospitals, Frank McNally p
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