World / Politics
Defending the Leaving Cert
02.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
THE MOVE by the State Examinations Commission (SEC) to defend the integrity of the Leaving Cert, amid increasing claims that the exam is being "dumbed down", is welcome. It is good to see the commission engaging in some public debate.
Ireland
Opinions
Jobs on merit
02.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
OF ALL places where a meritocracy should operate, the education system is a prime example. Young people are sent there to study and to acquire a set of values that will prepare them for life. And yet the management system in our secondary schools is deeply flawed, with internal promotions based on length of service rather than on merit. Not only does such a system deliver poor quality management, it sends a deeply negative signal to ambitious pupils.
Ireland
Opinions
The real fight has always been to achieve social justice
02.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
The big problem with Lisbon, and the reason it is so boring, is that it is about process, not politics, writes Fintan O'Toole.
Ireland
Opinions
Citizen army of shadows toils to aid Burmese compatriots
02.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
OPINION: The junta's obstructionism is forcing ordinary people in Burma to help each other achieve change by working together secretly, writes a special correspondent.
Ireland
Opinions
Willie Walsh's sterling example should be imitated
02.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
People are beginning to openly question the levels of remuneration for top executives, writes Paul Sweeney.
Ireland
Opinions
Saying No would give us great leverage in renegotiation of any subsequent treaty
02.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
On the basis of a risk/benefit analysis, we should reject Lisbon, writes Kathy Sinnott.
Ireland
Opinions
The real stars of 'Sex and the City' are us
02.06.2008 23:29
ireland.com
Today's 30-somethings are more self-aware and more narcissistic. In 'SATC', we see ourselves, writes Quentin Fottrell.
Ireland
Opinions
Churches want to see a just, clear, humane and effective immigration policy
02.06.2008 23:29
ireland.com
RITE AND REASON: Is the proposal to allow deportation - without notice - of anyone found to be illegally in Ireland in breach of just and fair procedures? asks Horace McKinley.
Ireland
Opinions
The blue ribbon of turf and the bread of life
02.06.2008 23:29
ireland.com
SHAGGY DOGS: A BLUE ribbon event is the one of the highest distinction or prominence.
Ireland
Opinions
An Irishwoman's Diary
02.06.2008 23:29
ireland.com
THE WRITER Jean Giono could have had a short enough career in newspapers - or so one would hope - if he had decided to take that route as a wordsmith, writes Lorna Siggins.
Ireland
Opinions
Yatseniuk Calls On Coalition Leaders To Reduce Their Political Ambitions
02.06.2008 13:23
ukranews.com
Yatseniuk announced this to journalists after a meeting of the conciliatory council of the leaders of parliamentary factions.
Ukraine
Politics
Bishop loses the moral plot
02.06.2008 12:13
telegraph.co.uk
Not so long ago, bishops in the Church of England were criticised for not speaking out on issues. Today, the greater problem is shutting them up, writes George Pitcher.
Great Britain
Opinions
Republicans need to start offering answers
02.06.2008 11:16
telegraph.co.uk
If the 2008 presidential election were all about Iraq, John McCain would win, writes David Frum.
Great Britain
Opinions
'My life in politicals' (part two)
02.06.2008 11:16
telegraph.co.uk
Craig Brown takes a lighthearted look at a showdown between John Humphrys and John Prescott.
Great Britain
Opinions
Even Pinky and Perky outraged clean-up campaigner Mary Whitehouse
02.06.2008 11:16
telegraph.co.uk
Andrew Pierce used to dread the telephone call as it would normally come after EastEnders, or some programme just before the 9pm watershed, and it was his first personal introduction to the late, largely unlamented Mary Whitehouse.
Great Britain
Opinions
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