KELLY'S EYE: Much more to do to put women on equal footing

WOMEN round the world and here in Ireland are marking the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day this week. This year's theme; 'equal rights, opportunities and progress for all' is an aspiration that's a long way from being achieved in many places but one that's more or less taken as read here at home.

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OURVIEW: Time for unions to embrace reforms

AS the public sector unions crank up their actions as they seek to reverse the pay cuts introduced in last December's Budget, one important fact seems to have eluded them - if they bring the country to its knees as they seem intent in doing, where is the money going to come from to pay their wages?

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OURVIEW: Market Square assault

WITNESSES are being sought to attack at the Market Square in which a 20-year-old man was set upon by a gang of males at 2.30am on Sunday.