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Reports on the health service
APOLOGIES HAVE been offered by the Minister for Health Mary Harney and the chief executive of the Health Service Executive Prof Brendan Drumm to nine women who received the all-clear for cancer at Portlaoise hospital and were later found to have the disease. p
Engaging Iran
IRANIAN OFFICIALS have spent the week shrugging off the UN Security Council's decision to tighten economic sanctions on its nuclear programme and rejecting fresh allegations that it is intended for nuclear weapons. p
Opinion
Why Labour says Yes to Lisbon Treaty
COMMENT: Ireland's neutral status remains unchanged and our proud record of participating in peacekeeping and humanitarian missions will continue under the Lisbon Treaty, writes Joe Costello pBóthar opens road to success in supporting Africa
Giving support at the micro level offers the best hope for Africa, where corruption is rife at upper echelons, argues John Waters pWest can settle conflict
OPINION: As life in Gaza deteriorates still further, the leading Palestinian diplomat in Ireland calls for western powers to put pressure on Israel to reach a peace deal, says Hikmat Ajjuri pPrivate schools only emphasise educational apartheid
To achieve a just society our children need equality of opportunity when it comes to education, writes Ailish Connelly pIreland should exclude US troops involved in war
OPINION: We should be acting in solidarity with people who reject the warmongering policies of Bush, writes Richard Boyd Barrett pGetting punished for dying and the perils of anger management
THE MAGPIE: The mayor of a village in southwest France has threatened residents with severe punishment if they die, because there is no room left in the overcrowded cemetery to bury them. p
An Irishman's Diary
GIVEN his dark secret, the 19th-century surgeon James Barry might have been expected to lead a quite life, avoiding confrontation at all costs, says Frank McNally p
