World / Politics
Political funding and accountability
22.06.2008 23:31
ireland.com
AT A TIME when our political system is suffering from a loss of public confidence, voters need reassurance that their concerns are being taken seriously. Remedial action is particularly urgent in the area of finance. For more than a decade now, a succession of tribunals have caused shock and dismay by their examinations of the grubby interface between business and politicians. In spite of that, legislation designed to bring clarity and transparency to all political funding has been deliberately undermined. That must change.
Ireland
Opinions
Gender inequalities
22.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
ECONOMIC SUCCESS has brought us the concept of "time poverty". We earn more than before but we have less time to enjoy our prosperity. A report from the Equality Authority and the ESRI last week emphasises that time poverty affects women more than men. If time spent on paid work, housework and caring are added together, women work, on average, 39 minutes a day longer than men. At first glance that may not seem like a huge difference but, as Equality Authority chief executive Niall Crowley pointed out, it adds up to a month per year and that is significant.
Ireland
Opinions
The trouble with teenagers is we just don't get them
22.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
The reaction to reports of a pregnancy pact among teens in the US shows how little adults understand them, writes Ann Marie Hourinhane.
Ireland
Opinions
Managers are no longer enough. Now we need leaders
22.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
Climate change and the end of cheap oil mean old certainties are gone and societies need a new type of leader, wrties Tony Kinsella.
Ireland
Opinions
EU leaders make it clear Cowen's options are limited
22.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
ANALYSIS: The Brussels EU summit narrowed, but clarified, the options facing Taoiseach Brian Cowen after the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, writes Patrick Smyth.
Ireland
Opinions
Madame Mary Lou makes Sarkozy an offer he can't refuse
22.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
Mary Lou McDonald gives the French president advice on saving the Lisbon Treaty ... as imagined by Michael Parsons.
Ireland
Opinions
HEAD TO HEAD
22.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
Should the Government cut fuel taxes for hauliers? Jimmy Quinn is in favour and Óisín Coughlan opposes.
Ireland
Opinions
Hound overboard as Irish frog leaps its way to world bronze
22.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
IRISH TIMES ODDITIES: Allen Foster with more unusual reports from the The Irish Times archive.
Ireland
Opinions
An Irishwoman's Diary
22.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
IF DEREK Walsh is anything to go by, the music of Michael William Balfe should really be wrapped in seaweed - or something equally organic - and marketed as a sure-fire formula for energy and longevity, writes Arminta Wallace.
Ireland
Opinions
Ukraine Offering EU Help In Meeting Food And Energy Crisis
22.06.2008 10:23
ukranews.com
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced this at a joint press conference with president of the European People's Party Wilfred Martens in Brussels, Belgium.
Ukraine
Politics
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