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A new Fianna Fáil leader
IT IS A proud day for Brian Cowen and his family and a privileged day for Clara and Co Offaly. Within hours, Mr Cowen will become the seventh leader of Fianna Fáil in the party's history and, within weeks, the twelfth Taoiseach of this State. p
Putin's policies
News that Vladimir Putin has been offered the leadership of Russia's biggest political party, United Russia, when he gives up the country's presidency and becomes prime minister on May 7th, underlines once more that he will remain a powerful figure after that. Although he has yet to say whether he will accept the offer, it seems unlikely it would have been made without that foreknowledge. p
Opinion
Cowen the unanimous and clear choice for party leader
BRIAN COWEN is not the only person in Fianna Fáil with the capacity to lead our party, writes Brian Lenihan . There are others who could justifiably lay claim to that position. pMedia consensus on possible cutbacks a serious error
The pursuit of fiscal rectitude at the expense of health, education and welfare would be unjust, argues Vincent Browne pManner of Ahern's departure troubling for us all
The presumption of innocence was trampled upon in the unseemly rush to oust the Taoiseach, writes Paul Cullen pCommon norms are what North needs, not rival communities
The Belfast Agreement has in many ways reinforced divisions between the communities in Northern Ireland - symbolised by 47 so-called 'peace lines', writes Robin Wilson pActing on the experiences of stroke patients
ANALYSIS: The deficits in care for patients who suffer strokes revealed in a new report pose a major health challenge, writes Dr Muiris Houston pHow to rid Zimbabwe of Robert Mugabe the Irish way
NEWTON'S OPTIC: HOW CAN the people of Zimbabwe drive their president from office? Newton Emerson imagines one obvious solution. p
An Irishman's Diary
AS INTREPID former pilot Willie Walsh ploughs on through the turbulence over Heathrow's Terminal 5, buffeted on all sides, he may be drawing some comfort from the epic voyage of another Irish aviator, 80 years ago this week, writes Frank McNally p
