Should she have been jailed?

7:00pm Friday 5th September 2008

IT'S daft to jail a mum whose daughters keep missing school. But what's the alternative? What could have been done?

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Parking companies need checks

7:00pm Thursday 4th September 2008

ON the face of it, the three steps to sensible parking enforcement as outlined on Nupark's website appear reasonable enough.

Promise a Beckett?

7:06pm Wednesday 3rd September 2008

I AM thinking of writing a play called Waiting for Bridgeot. In it, nothing would happen. But there would be a lot of talking and dreaming... and waiting.

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Why we’re going to the dogs

7:00am Wednesday 3rd September 2008

WE'RE supposed to be nation of animal lovers as well as a nation of shopkeepers, but you'd hardly know it.

When drinking is a cheap shot

7:00am Tuesday 2nd September 2008

THE number of young people ending up in hospital because of excessive drinking is much higher than previously thought.

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Who’s been playing with fire?

4:00pm Sunday 31st August 2008

I BLAME their parents. After all, many university students have not long left home. How can students be blamed if the fire service has been called out to student accommodation 82 times in the past year when the number of fires has been three. Eighty two times!

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