World / Politics
Mr Robinson's elevation
01.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
ANOTHER CHANGE in leadership has taken place which will have a bearing on the North-South and the greater Anglo-Irish relationship. We start this week with good wishes for First Minister-designate Peter Robinson. However, this is a nervous moment for all those with their hopes invested in the Northern Ireland settlement concluded by his predecessor with Sinn Féin just over a year ago.
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Trinity acts the part
01.06.2008 23:32
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AT THE heart of much of the success and recognition accorded to Irish theatre in recent years has been the excellence of the performances that our actors have presented around the world, from Broadway to Beijing. Theatre, film and television have all benefited greatly from the quality of the talent that has been available here and at an international level Ireland has more than made its mark with a roll-call of actors who have brought distinction to their stage careers or achieved stardom on the screen.
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The cycle of violence on Dublin's lawless pavements
01.06.2008 23:32
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A simple stroll has become a dangerous pastime, thanks to Dublin's menacing fleet of arrogant cyclists, writes Ann Marie Hourihane
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Foresight and political will now needed to put higher education on a sound financial footing
01.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
ANALYSIS: Imagination and courage are required to address the persistent problem of higher education funding problem, writes David Duffy
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Extremists of both sides line up against EU blandness
01.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
The Lisbon Treaty is essentially a useful, but unexceptional, revision of the EU rule book, writes Tony Kinsella
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HEAD TO HEAD
01.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
Would the Lisbon Treaty entangle Ireland in a military alliance?
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Online: join the debate at www.ireland.com/head2head
01.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
Last week, Frank Allen and Frank McDonald debated the question : Does Dublin need a Metro rail service? Here is an edited selection of your comments
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Shower of fish and man's shirt set on fire by the sun
01.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
IRISH TIMES ODDITIES/A LOST RING: A gold inscribed ring, which was lost 35 years ago, has been found in a shipment of tobacco in Belfast and was returned to the owner in Springfield, Kentucky. Mr CC Bell, a tobacco dealer, of Springfield, had been presented with the ring by his wife nearly 70 years ago. He lost the ring and offered a reward, writes Allen Foster
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An Irishman's Diary
01.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
IF YOU had suggested 10 years ago that within a decade Ireland would open a Six Nations Rugby Championship - not just a Five Nations, mind - by playing Italy before a packed Croke Park, you would almost certainly have been dismissed as a fantasist. Strangely, however, if the first president of the GAA, Maurice Davin, had proposed that a GAA ground be used for a 19th-century rugby international this would have been considered entirely in keeping with his character, writes John G O'Dwyer
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