After hundreds were slaughtered there in January, army presence was stepped up heavily in Jos, the capital city of Plateau State, in north-central Nigeria. The security forces, however, were nowhere near the outlying village cluster of Dagan-Na-Hauwa when, over four …
Stuck in a European Monetary Funk
Greece’s terrible public finances have not just been caused by its budgetary extravagance but credit-rating agencies have also been cited as triggers of its economic misfortune by having unhelpfully downgraded Greek government bonds. France and Germany have called for an …
The last Year of the Indian Tiger?
“It’s not another tiger crisis, it’s the final one,” says Belinda Wright, head of the Wildlife Protection Society of India, in reference to the dwindling population of tigers worldwide. This decline is most serious in India which is home to …
Old Trinity: A 90-degree university
A QUICK look at the 2010 Statutes reveals the remarkable number of degrees which the University of Dublin awards or has awarded in the past. Just over 90 different degrees are listed, ranging from the venerable BA to odd new …
Head to Head: Hostage Ransoms
‘Reality cheques’
The politics of hostage-taking and negotiation have always been fraught with difficulty. With each individual hostage situation comes new problems that have to be surmounted in attempts to ensure the safe release of victims. One of the key …
Society Diary: CSC Awards
Going to university is seen as the opportunity to broaden your mind, educate yourself on the works of Nietzsche, Rousseau and Marx. Before arriving in college you are vaguely aware of the wild social life that students lead, yet as …
Personal injury – the best bet to ride out the recession
Her name was Robin; she was five years old when she fell off the moon walk – a half moon climbing frame, a thrilling favourite in the school’s yard. Her leg was in a cast for six weeks. The school …
The enraged anti-Catholic mob
The angry mob that has sprung up in response to Church paedophila needs to calm down, according to Eamonn Hynes.
There’s nothing like a good paedophile story to drum up the outraged, liberal-media-reading masses; most of whom have never experienced …
Drugs aren’t all bad, m’kay
The country is presently in a tizzy over legal highs and their source, the infamous head shops. In the UK, a more immediate outcry has arisen out of the deaths of two men who had taken mephedrone while out clubbing. …
Provost-in-waiting?
Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski is the current President of Dublin City University and his ten-year term will come to an end in July 2010. This begs the question: what will such an esteemed academic do next? There are rumours that …