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Zapatero gets endorsement
THE GENERAL election results in Spain augur well for a stable and modernising future for a country which has in recent years seemed increasingly haunted by the many ghosts of the past and is still troubled by political killings in the present. p
Unwelcome additions
THE EU Commission is conducting a survey on public attitudes to invasive species that threaten biodiversity, be they fish, animal, shellfish or plant, in an effort to agree Europe-wide measures for their control. p
Opinion
Ignorance of politics good for our children's welfare
It's time to take lessons about civic duty and ethics off the school curriculum before children get hurt, writes Fintan O'Toole . pEducation in religious beliefs should form part of schooling
Teacher conferences take place shortly. The role of religion in schools is under scrutiny. There is no value-free education system. Pupils grow up in a society that lives by a set of values, writes James Cassin . pChurch must also extend compassion to clergy abusers
RITE AND REASON: A rhetoric of love and inclusion is far from the actual revulsion felt in Irish society and the Catholic Church itself where clergy abusers are concerned, writes Marie Keenan . pLifting veil of suspicion that clouds asylum cases
Why we should take note of the case of a gay refugee in Britain? asks Quentin Fottrell . pTreaty will help to protectour hard won prosperity
The Lisbon Treaty is an EU reform treaty for a 21st century Europe and deals with issues central to the future well-being of Ireland, writes Dermot Ahern . pBuried bodies running amok in the Last Chance Saloon
SHAGGY DOG: TO KNOW Where All the Bodies Are Buried puts a person in very strong position with their employers, as it means they know all the inner secrets of an organisation, and this may be damaging if that person should ever leave to join a rival company, writes Albert Jack . p
An Irishman's Diary
NOTHING much seems to have changed since Raul Castro took over from his big brother, Fidel, as President of Cuba. They are not inclined to proceed with haste in the socialist republic, writes Wesley Boyd . p
