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THERE'S many a slip between cup and lip and as we move from skirmishing to fullscale battles in this still undeclared general election war, we got a firm indication this week, in terms of the Government's housing strategy, of how true that is. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE Boss Springsteen, Oprah, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, George Clooney and all the rest of the celebrity A-listers may be supporting Kamala Harris, right, for US President but, the trouble with democracy is that it's 'one man, one vote'. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

KAMALA Harris's bid to become US President seems to have stalled, after a very promising start. According to Forbes, Harris and Trump are now in a dead heat with only 16 days left to voting. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LITTLE 10-year-old Sara Sharif, left, beaten to death in her home in England reminds us all why the State needs to intrude into even our private family lives to protect children. Tragically, for many defenceless children the family home, including here in Ireland, is nothing but a torture chamber. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IT WAS very clear, all those years ago, while chatting with the late Alex Salmond in Dublin, that he was completely fascinated, even envious, about how Ireland gained independence from Britain. Ireland was booming and the late Brian Lenihan Jnr hadn't yet been forced to throw in the towel and hand our independence back, not to Britain but the IMF and the EU. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THERE'S more than enough evidence now for Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to prosecute Sinn Féin for offences under the Road Traffic Act after the number of car-crash interviews they've been involved in this week. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WE GOT a glimpse of the terrible brutality underpinning Saudi Arabia's murderous despot, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud (MBS for short), with Amnesty International revealing that this vile regime has already executed 198 people so far this year, the highest number since 1990. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE futility, not to say naivety, of Mary Robinson's call for an end to war in the Middle East is tragically obvious. At this stage, even the Americans have no real control over Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, below, who has discovered that war, murder, misery and the destruction of tens of thousands of human lives bolsters and increases support. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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THERE'S always that fine judgment call in a democracy between immediately banning something that is obviously a danger to life or waiting until the case is proven beyond any doubt. The XL Bully dog is a case in point. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MICHEÁL MARTIN has been unusually narky of late, his latest strop on RTÉ radio this week when, with obvious irritation, he dismissed concerns from the Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC) that his Government's Budget risks wrecking our economy. Again. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IT MUST have been in the late '80s that I first met Mary O'Rourke when she was minister for education. She made the most compelling, off-the-cuff speech at the then RTC in Tralee, and had the audience in her thrall. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AFTER an exuberant T20 win on Sunday, it was back to earth for Ireland's in the one-day international in Abu Dhabi yesterday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IRELAND lost their first one-day international against South Africa yesterday, but their newest star was busy packing his bags for his next adventure. A T20 specialist, he is off to spend the winter with the University of Adelaide, hoping to sharpen his game on the hard Australian pitches. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THERE'S the Wham, and the BAM, but there's certainly not much gratitude by way of a Thank You Ma'am. We've all been suffering the most frightful seeing-to in the last few years through a desperate financial drain on our pockets as this interminable project to provide us with a new National Children's Hospital staggers from one crisis to the next. Wham. And then there's BAM, the contractor now facing accusations of holding the project, meant to deliver vital healthcare to little kids, as some kind of hostage in an effort to squeeze as much money as possible out of all of us. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE decision by a panel of GAA sports journalists to include Kyle Hayes as one of three nominees for Hurler of the Year surely qualifies for an award of its own - Baffler of the Century. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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IRELAND fell to an eight-wicket defeat at the hands of South Africa in Abu Dhabi last night as Ryan Rickelton and Reeza Hendricks powered their side to victory. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE wife of Ireland head coach Ed Joyce is a Hollywood screenwriter, but even Fran could not have written the script for the extraordinary win over England at Clontarf yesterday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE exciting young Ireland women's side breaks new ground today in Clontarf, hosting England in a pair of T20 internationals in the Certa Invitational Cricket Series. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IRELAND made their highest total in 25 games against England, but it wasn't quite enough to claim first blood in the three-match Certa ODI series at Stormont yesterday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IRELAND go into today's second ODI against England with a nagging feeling that they missed out on their best chance to claim a first home win against the fourtime world champions on Saturday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IT'S been a sort of homecoming this weekend for Amy Hunter. The Ireland wicketkeeper/bat last week moved to Dublin where she will shortly begin a course at UCD, but she turned around fairly sharply to go back up the M1/A1 for one last appointment in her native Belfast. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AS HOZIER reminds us, certain things are sacred, like whiskey taken neat and coffee black. Everybody also knows that sticking your beak into other people's family business is another big fat 'no-no'. Everybody, it appears, except Mary Robinson. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE RTÉ documentary Stolen broadcast on Monday night was as depressing as it was powerful. It carried the most heart-wrenching stories from women who were tortured and woefully abused by an evil axis of Church and State. That's the powerful part. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JUST hours before becoming Taoiseach on April 9, Simon Harris was being all statesmanlike by insisting the Government would run its full term. Lots of work to do, he said, with the air of a man determined to get on with it. In the national interest, of course. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AFGHANISTAN presents the greatest dilemma. If the world helps to feed the one in four Afghans who have no idea where the next meal is coming from (population about 41 million) then that's directly helping and maintaining in power the Afghan government, one of the most repressive, anti-woman administrations on the planet. But if the world turns its back on Afghanistan, countless men, women and children will starve to death. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The most notable came from former president Barack Obama who attacked what he described as Trump's constant stream of gripes and grievances 'that's been getting worse now that he's actually afraid of losing to Kamala'. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Trump's manhood. A very low ball, knowing the actual size of Trump's ego. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

However, the race is neck-andneck in the swing states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona, North Carolina and Georgia, with Harris just one point ahead overall. They're tied in Georgia and Trump is three points ahead in Nevada. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TRUTH be told, I was never much of a Nell McCafferty fan. Every time our paths crossed - and that was a lot of times during the Kerry Babies Tribunal almost 40 years ago - it was hard work. You were never quite sure how things would go, so superficiality and humour was the chosen pathway to maintaining the peace. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE hatred that Donald Trump and his cowed Republican Party 'subjects' have for the Democrats is blatantly obvious. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CRICKET Ireland unveiled its new Strategic Plan for 2025-28 yesterday, with a snappy video on its YouTube channel and a 16- page digital booklet. It arrives at an auspicious time for the organisation, having just experienced a month of which it only could have dreamed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE outrageous proposal to allow firsttime house buyers raid their pension funds to help pay for the property is further proof that greed and the burning desire to make a financial killing at the expense of others is alive and well in our republic of unequals. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WELL, it appears that the Fianna Fáil brand is no longer an embarrassment and that the party may have, finally, put that little matter of the destruction of our economy more than 15 years ago behind them. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

UKRAINE'S attack on Russia was like a classic chess move, entirely unexpected, audaciously bold and a potential game changer. For those who support democracy over totalitarianism, let's hope it works. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IRELAND'S women cricketers completed a historic series victory over Sri Lanka by winning the second game of the ICC World ODI Championship at Stormont yesterday. It was their third win in a week against the Asian Cup champions - and each achieved with a different captain in charge! [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CRICKET Ireland welcomed the Government announcement that it approved the development of a 4,000 seater arena at the Sports Ireland Campus in Blanchardstown. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ASUPERB century by Gaby Lewis led Ireland to victory over Asian Cup champions Sri Lanka in Sydney Parade last night. In a thrilling finish, Ireland's under-fire bowling attack held their collective nerve and closed out a notable win in what has become Fortress Pembroke. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IRELAND cricket is mourning one of its true legends, Dougie Goodwin, who died on Sunday night, aged 86. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SRI Lanka handed Ireland's women a seven-wicket defeat in the first game of their five-match tour. The series kicked off with a T20 in front of almost 1,000 people in Pembroke, a good proportion there to support the visitors. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]