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Teachers in conference
THE BACKDROP to the annual round of teacher conferences this week could scarcely be more different from a year ago, when the economy was strong and the budgetary position robust. Last year, for the third year in succession, Minister for Education Mary Hanafin was able to roll out new programmes and additional spending in various areas. p
Taiwan's China view
TAIWAN'S VOTERS have delivered a decisive verdict on future relations with China by choosing the Kuomintang nationalist Ma Ying-jeon over the pro-independence candidate, Frank Hsieh, in Saturday's presidential election and in rejecting referendum proposals that Taiwan should join the United Nations. p
Opinion
Emperor has no clothes in modern art
You don't have to bid at Sotheby's to acquire art . . . try your
local DIY store, writes
Michael Parsons . pThe bubble has finally burst and guess who pays the price?
The tensions within Irish society have been held at bay by the sense of never having had it so good, writes Fintan O'Toole. pPragmatism underlies slowdown in gay unions
Gays are slow to let government into the bedroom without rights equal to heterosexuals' rights, writes Quentin Fottrell. pForget fines, in this case age will wither drivers
The way to put manners on large car louts is to hit them where
it hurts: their egos, argues
Martyn Turner . pTreaty will prepare EU for challenges of 21st century
The Lisbon Treaty represents a good deal for Ireland and Europe, according to Gay Mitchell . pKnock's important message on issue of women's ordination
RITE AND REASON : There is a range of evidence suggesting Mary was supportive of ordination of women from her apparition at Knock to frescoes in the catacombs, writes Soline Humbert . pTaken to the cleaners, but not by a goody two shoes
SHAGGY DOG: TO BE taken to the cleaners means you have been the victim of a con and, as a result, lost most or all of your money, writes Albert Jack . p
An Irishman's Diary
THE 90TH anniversary of the death of John Redmond passed unremarked earlier this month, writes Tom Fewer . p
