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Sarkozy and Brown
IN THE FIRST state visit to London by a French president for 12 years, Nicolas Sarkozy presented himself yesterday as a good friend of the United Kingdom and an enthusiastic admirer of its political freedoms and achievements. p
A movable feast
At the end of the sixth century, Irish monks made church history when St Columbanus disagreed with Pope Gregory the Great about how to calculate Easter. The Irish Easter and the Roman Easter were then celebrated on different dates, and based on different mathematical calculations. p
Opinion
Unwavering loyalty admired and rewarded in politics
Loyalty to our country should stand before loyalty to any political party, writes Elaine Byrne p'Strong horse' McCain saddled and ready for US race
Clinton and Obama each have the same massive Achilles' heel - they want the US to withdraw from Iraq, writes Tony Allwright pEconomists examining entrails of pigeons
HERE WE are, ignorant peasants in our mud huts at the base of the volcano of finance, begging the gods to spare us as the ground shakes beneath our feet and economists examine the entrails of pigeons and the shamans of the Federal Reserve fling handfuls of sacred powder into the steaming crate, writes Garrison Keillor pLaw needs to be mindful of cohabiting couples
ANALYSIS At present, the Irish legal system does not make any provision for the status of cohabiting couples, writes Hilary Coveney pLook closer Squinter - bad parenting produces louts
Almost exclusive responsibility for the bad behaviour of young people lies with parents, writes David Adams pAdvanced learning can safeguard economy
Ireland must position itself as a centre for fourth-level learning if it is to thrive in challenging times, writes Tom McCarthy pVisionary change needed in Government approach to maths
Our students are falling behind globally because of how we teach maths, writes Turlough O'Sullivan p
An Irishman's Diary
DURING OPERATION Market Garden - the disastrous Allied attempt to break through to the Rhine in 1944 - Lieut Col John Ormsby Evelyn "Joe" Vandeleur led the Irish Guards Group that began the initially successful ground-based assault, writes Eibhir Mulqueen p
