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    • Global balance of economic power

      Banks in financial difficulty raise capital where they can to boost their balance sheets and to limit the risk of insolvency. US and European banks weakened by the global credit squeeze, which arose from the subprime mortgage crisis, have so far raised some $75 billion (€50 billion) in equity investment. Some Arab and Asian governments provided the new capital, with Citigroup and investment banks, notably Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch. p

    • Disposal of our waste

      There is no simple, cheap or painless answer to the disposal of waste in our consumer society. A report by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) for 2006 paints a stark picture of a government avoiding tough decisions, local authorities taking money-saving short-cuts, many householders doing their best and landfill sites coming under increasing pressure. p
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    • Should mandatory life imprisonment for murder be abolished?

      Head to Head:  YES Barrister Michael O'Higgins argues that judges should have discretion to take account of particular circumstances, case by case NO Charles Flanagan argues that murder should not result in varying sentences. Victims and the judicial process need the certainty a mandatory sentence gives. p

    • Who needs Perfidious Albion?

      Once, the greatest enemy of the Irish language was the British government. Nowadays it is our Department of Education, John Waters. p
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    • An Irishman's Diary

      The late Sir Edmund Hillary became famous as the first person to stand on the summit of Mount Everest, but as a New Zealander his more important feat was to rescue an entire country from dreary obscurity (exports: mutton and lamb) before again gratefully subsiding into relative anonymity, writes Brendan Glacken . p
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