I was covered in a layer of sweat, and my iPhone charger was dangling out of a bag that contained the after-hours work I still needed to do along with a Lara bar, crushed under the weight of my laptop. It should have been obvious: I’d been stressed, and moving way too fast. But, as […]

The proposal to extend free GP care to under-eights would benefit around 70,000 more children. It’s a more modest measure than the introduction of free visits for the under-sixes in mid 2015 which covered 440,000 children. For this reason it may also get a better reception from overwhelmed GPs. Please log in or register with […]

The small Irish town of Oughterard has come to national, if not international, attention in recent weeks. Just like the gilets jaunes of Paris, local people in the Co Galway town have stepped in to protest about the manner in which they have been treated and ignored by Government. The issue in Galway relates to […]

Yesterday’s news story that families in the capital were paying €1,000 a month for one child in a crèche or nursery was not news to anyone who is paying, or has recently paid, for such childcare. Having paid such fees almost continuously for the last six years, I find the release of the report a […]

More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “An Ecological ‘Crisis’ as 2.9 Billion Birds Vanish” (front page, Sept. 20): One of my great small joys each spring is sleeping with the bedroom windows ajar so that each morning I will awaken to the sound of birds chirping, calling, singing their hearts out to the […]

The only solace in the current American standoff with Iran is that President Trump seems not to want to risk a war. That is of some comfort in a crisis that has left the United States looking weak and untrustworthy. But the crisis could still descend into armed conflict, and that is largely attributable to […]

What’s an impeachable offense? Has President Trump really committed one? To answer these questions, it’s a good idea to read the Declaration of Independence. Drafted principally by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration offers a list of grievances against “the present King of Great Britain,” whose history is one “of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in […]

A longtime Calgary broadcaster is hanging up his microphone. Gord Gillies, host of The Morning News with Gord Gillies and Sue Deyell and former Global Calgary news anchor, retired on Friday after a 38-year career in radio and television. “I have had the most amazing career, far surpassing anything I could have imagined,” Gillies said […]

ZURICH (Reuters) – Sunrise Communications (SRCG.S) could slash the size of its planned 4.1 billion Swiss franc ($4.13 billion) rights issue to finance its purchase of Liberty Global’s (LBTYA.O) Swiss UPC business, four people close to the situation told Reuters. The Swiss group has been discussing with investors how it could reduce the amount of […]

HONG KONG — Exactly five years ago, the Umbrella Movement broke out to demand respect for Hong Kong’s democratic freedoms. After it ended, having obtained no concessions from the local government or the Chinese authorities, political time accelerated in the city. Two years later, social unrest erupted after a scuffle between the police and street […]