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Spending on education
THE ANNUAL round of teacher conferences this week was dominated by what the various teaching unions term the "funding crisis" in Irish education. For the first time, Minister for Education Mary Hanafin drew jeers and heckles as she sought to defend the Government's record. p
Young smokers
IT WOULD be a shame if progress made in reducing the incidence of death and illness from nicotine addiction was finally compromised through complacency or political neglect. Ireland gave a lead to the world by banning smoking in the workplace and consumption fell. But, since that time, tobacco usage has gradually recovered and young people are particularly vulnerable. The great majority of tobacco users become addicted between the ages of 14 and 18 years. p
Opinion
Sixth extinction now well under way on the planet
The folly of human activity bears heavily on nature and causes one species to die off every six minutes, writes John Gibbons pHorse's hospital visit hits hurdle and airport's existence in doubt
The Magpie: A HAWAIIAN hospital has reviewed its rules on pets after a man took a horse up in a lift to cheer up a sick relative. pYeltsin and the 'comedy of errors'at Shannon
Nikolai Kozyrev writes on what was it like to be Russian ambassador to Ireland when Boris Yeltsin didn't get off the plane at Shannon pLanguage on rape issue ideologically booby-trapped
Some attitudes to rape in a recent poll have been branded as outrageous. Is this reaction reasonable, asks John Waters pNorth's hopes for lasting peace undermined by marginalisation
Dennis Kennedy writes that attitudes in London and Dublin need to change pLisbon Treaty will have no direct impact on Ireland's neutrality
ANALYSIS Many military issues have been covered in previous accords, writes Tom Clonan p
An Irishwoman's Diary
THE WRITER calls it "brain haze", because it colonises the mind's eye for several days, writes Lorna Siggins . It might be memory of the first heave of a bow, the rattle of an anchor chain, tidal whirlpools or the tilting of a lonely buoy. p
