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Open campaign in a divided US
A changing national mood and stiff competition are combining to make the presidential election campaign in the United States suddenly more interesting at home and abroad. p
Maternity care crisis
The lives of mothers and infants are being put at risk because of staff shortages and inadequate facilities at our maternity hospitals. What should be a time of joy and celebration for families may be blighted as a result of funding deficiencies and official inaction. p
Opinion
More to life than furniture
Of course the Republic should have got Ikea first. And we will get it, just as soon as the M50 is sorted out; in other words, never. But we are big enough to say that it's very nice that Ikea's 270th store is opening today in Norn Iron - otherwise known as the sterling zone. pToday in Lisbon, EU leaders will sign the treaty they wish to see replace the rejected EU constitution
Ruairí Quinn believes the treaty should
replace the EU constitution,
Mary Lou McDonald disagrees. p
An Irishman's Diary
Changes in the calendar have robbed December 13th of its former importance. In Christian tradition it remains the feast day of St Lucy, as it has been for many centuries. But since the calendar reforms of 1752, the date has been marooned from the significance it had when immortalised in the title of John Donne's poem: A Nocturnal Upon St Lucy's Day, Being the Shortest Day, writes Frank McNally p
