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Central banks and the credit crunch
The credit crunch is a global problem and last Wednesday's announcement by five of the world's major central banks of a co-ordinated intervention to boost liquidity in the financial system was a belated recognition of this fact. p
Kosovo independence
Kosovo is once again at the centre of international affairs following yesterday's decision by the European Union to send an administrative and police force there ahead of any declaration of independence from Serbia next year. p
Opinion
US getting too much of a good thing - religion
Faint not, gentle reader. I have come to two conclusions after reading the latest edition of America, a New York-based magazine that styles itself as "the national Catholic weekly", the current edition of which looks at God and US politics. pBackbenchers see pay fiasco as unforgivable
The reconfigured Ahern-led Government has made a number of significant political mistakes in the first six months of its term but nothing compares to the mess they have made of the Ministers' pay rise controversy. pTelling facts from Dublin airport's winter timetable
I have always been fascinated by timetables. I still have the timetables that I picked up in the Italian Tourist Office in London on July 7th, 1938. pTime to bring O'Connell and Redmond in from the cold
Inside Politics: The Taoiseach made an interesting and politically generous speech during the week. pTaking a new approach to relations with Irish diaspora
The Irish who live outside Ireland are remembered at this time of year and the Government is making new efforts to reach out to them, writes Dermot Ahern. pShifting sands of British-Irish relations analysed
Worldview: The wish might be father to the thought, but the thought was truly there - Anthony Trollope pPoints system fails to meet national priorities
As third-level hopefuls fill out CAO forms, it's time to reassess the system, argues Ferdinand von Prondzynski. p
An Irishman's Diary
To vanquish the US president in a competition to find the greatest violator of the English language is a considerable achievement (or, as some might put it, a calamitous misfortune). p
