One reader takes issue with the idea that suicide-prevention measures at unprotected quays are a measure 'doomed to fail'; another calls for Cap reform to support plant-based agriculture and small-sca...

From family life to fairground glamour, across Ireland and the UK, the photographer wanted to show a different side to a group whose way of life is dying out

Child and family agency said budget funding would allow it to develop new multi-agency 'Barnhus' centre in Cork to provide medical, child protection, therapeutic and policing services under one roof

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