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Address present wrongs, as well as redressing the past The State apology for the cruelty and injustice of our mother and baby homes, and Ms Justice Murphy’s shocking report, are welcome – even if the report fell short of expectations in relation to who exactly did what in those dark days. The report follows on from the Ryan Report on abuse in industrial schools and the McAleese Report exposing the Magdalene Laundries. In the weeks and months ahead we’ll have the opportunity as a nation to reflect on what happened to so many innocent women and the babies that either died or were taken fr...

As a sixth year student, recent comments by Education Minister Norma Foley have baffled my peers and I. Her assertion that everybody involved in this situation wants a traditional Leaving Cert is simply not credible.

Shay Feeney inquires “Am I missing something?” (‘Now we need a vaccine for depression and the economy’, Letters, December 30). First off, the economies of innumerable nations are not in financial depression; rather a hiccup, or a slowdown. Here, in Australia, the economy boomed within a week of opening up, while it had been kept going via online shopping. Couriers could not keep up with demand. Secondly, to claim the comparison of the creation of past vaccines and the present day “is ridiculous” is in itself just that. Approximately 10pc of Covid-19 was an absolute unknown to any ...

Winter solstice today is the day of least daylight in the calendar year. Its seasonal significance is that daylight gradually increases until the summer solstice in June. This winter solstice is particularly symbolic, coinciding with the roll-out of a vaccine preventing Covid-19, which has cast a dark cloud over the world. The availability of a vaccine fills our hearts with hope and joy this Christmas. Although winter is the dormant season of darkness and cold, the solstice marks the “turning of the sun” and the days getting longer. Celebrations of returning light are common in history. M...

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