World / Politics
Coherence in sentencing policy
12.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
NOT FOR the first time Mr Justice Paul Carney has seized headlines with a controversial speech on the criminal justice system. Giving what has become an annual address to the law faculty in University College Cork, where he is adjunct professor of law, the judge again expressed disquiet this week with decisions of the Court of Criminal Appeal, pointing out that it had reduced a number of sentences for manslaughter imposed by the Central Criminal Court.
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Taking liberties
12.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
FINDING THE right balance between individual rights and state security is an ancient and abiding issue in the definition of liberty. It was brought to a new pitch in Britain on Wednesday evening, when the House of Commons voted by 315 to 306 in favour of legislation to introduce a 42-day, pre-charge detention period for terrorist suspects. The government majority was secured only with the help of the nine Democratic Unionist Party MPs, who unconvincingly said they supported it on merit and not because of other concessions.
Ireland
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Families of the Troubles' victims must learn the truth
12.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
The men and women who know some of Northern Ireland's darkest stories are dying. Will they take their secrets to the grave?, asks Susan McKay
Ireland
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We are all Europeans now - and it isn't all that bad
12.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
I voted Yes to the Lisbon Treaty because, in my view, we are long past the point when a real choice was possible, writes John Waters
Ireland
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Time right for a strategic new direction in higher education
12.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
All those concerned with third level need to hold our nerve and deliver on our rhetoric, writes Michael Kelly
Ireland
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Bush version of global food crisis only partly true
12.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
Subsidies for the poor could help solve the problem the world finds itself in, writes Chris Patten
Ireland
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Moments and events that define our lives
12.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
Life it seems is just one rite of passage after another, from adolescence to death, writes Ailish Connelly
Ireland
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Home from home is a ramshackle fortress in Afghanistan
12.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
A SOLDIER'S DIARYThe tides of war have washed over Sangin, our Afghan home for the next six months, writes Lieut Paddy Bury
Ireland
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Watch out for monster mutts who can be seen from space
12.06.2008 23:31
ireland.com
THE MAGPIEGERMANY'S NATIONAL team has hit a speed bump in the Euro 2008 football championship but back in the Fatherland, there's total carnage further down the pecking order.
Ireland
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An Irishman's Diary
12.06.2008 23:31
ireland.com
THE MORE we hear about Giovanni Trapattoni, the more interesting his tenure as Irish soccer manager promises to be. His enthusiasm is infectious. His personal stretching routine is highly impressive. And now comes the exciting news that he believes football players can improve their skills by listening to Mozart, which he regrets so few of them do ac , writes Frank McNally
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David Davis's decision is political lunacy
12.06.2008 20:13
telegraph.co.uk
Iain Martin says the former shadow home secretary has forfeited any possibility of being a powerful reforming force in a Cameron government.
Great Britain
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David Davis has set a powerful example
12.06.2008 20:13
telegraph.co.uk
Simon Heffer argues that David Davis deserves the support - and the admiration - of all those who consider themselves democrats.
Great Britain
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Patients need proper care, not euthanasia
12.06.2008 20:13
telegraph.co.uk
Our courts are already very compassionate to people aiding the death of a suffering relative, says Melanie McDonagh.
Great Britain
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I'm fighting to defend our basic freedoms, says David Davis
12.06.2008 20:13
telegraph.co.uk
David Davis explains why he resigned as shadow home secretary to fight a by-election on the issue of 42-day detention.
Great Britain
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No statement on deaths is statement in itself
12.06.2008 20:12
telegraph.co.uk
When Alex Salmond complains about opponents making "political capital" out of a sensitive issue, you can put your shirt on it that they're on to something, writes Alan Cochrane.
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