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Northern Ireland's taxing question
It comes as no great surprise that Sir David Varney's report on the Northern Ireland economy rejects proposals to lower the rate of corporation tax to 12.5 per cent, bringing it in line with that of the Republic. p
Mental health failings
The Government cannot pretend it did not know that mental health services are inadequate or that the funding it promised two years ago under a special development programme was not delivered. Blaming the Health Service Executive for these failures is not an option. p
Opinion
RTÉ takes tabloid line on cocaine
RTÉ should have sent Mary Finan, the chairwoman of the authority, to the Oireachtas committee yesterday, argues Vincent Browne pA roadmap to child protection
The two reports laid before the Oireachtas provide legislators with a framework of options to consider, writes Carol Coulter , Legal Affairs Editor pWhy using biofuels makes good sense
Biofuels are good for the economy and the environment, argues John Travers pCelebrating a century of the Probation Act
Patrick O'Dea pleads for contemporary adherence to the core idea of probation - to advise, assist and befriend offenders trying to rebuild their lives p
An Irishman's Diary
I knew it was a worrying development when, a few years ago in this newspaper, I read about an IRFU press conference during which Eddie O'Sullivan was said to have had a "wrap on the knuckles" for journalists indulging in premature talk about a grand slam, writes Frank McNally p
