Opinion: Garda officer's drug warning should be heeded

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A SENIOR gardai officer said some uncomfortable truths about people who use drugs 'recreationally' on Saturday following the horrific death of a young Drogheda boy.

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Financial shortfall will mean tough decisions

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Horrific murder puts crime in the election spotlight

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Positive first steps for restored executive

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Reforming health must be a shared endeavour

Action rather than words needed at Stormont

13 Jan, 2020

While the opening Stormont statements at the weekend from our newly elected first and deputy first ministers, Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill, were measured and reasonable, both politicians will know that they are going to be judged on their actions rather than their words.

Measured approach needed to commemorations

10 Jan, 2020

The way in what should have been a straightforward debate on the role of the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Dublin Metropolitan Police a century ago has suddenly developed into an angry political row has been instructive.

War with Iran a frightening prospect

09 Jan, 2020

Both the United States and Iran are insisting they do not want a war but the wider world will be watching the unfolding crisis in the Middle East with considerable apprehension.

Disappointing that health dispute has still not been resolved

08 Jan, 2020

December 2019 was marked by a deepening crisis in our health service, with nurses taking part in strike action for the first time in their 103-year-year history.

Mental health crisis must be tackled

07 Jan, 2020

The beginning of the New Year has witnessed a series of desperately sad deaths among children and young people, tragedies that have shaken local communities and brought an outpouring of grief.

Pipe bombers must be apprehended

Stephen Oreilly 06 Jan, 2020

LITTLE is known about the partial detonation of a pipe bomb in the garden of a family home in on Saturday.

Sinister attack on Fermanagh police officer

04 Jan, 2020

The attempt to murder a police officer at his home in Co Fermanagh on Thursday is a deeply sinister and profoundly alarming development.

Catastrophic wild fires put focus on climate change

03 Jan, 2020

Many Irish families with relatives living and working in Australia will be viewing with considerable apprehension the catastrophic wildfires that have ravaged the country in recent weeks.

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