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'When your home is in question, your world is in question': How Threshold is helping renters during the Covid-19 crisis
The charity has seen a spike in callers concerned about being evicted or falling into arrears.
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Tuesday 5 November, 2019
Opinion: 'Lisa Smith's story will continue to divide and provoke Irish public opinion - and rightly so'
Security expert Tom Clonan outlines what could happen with Lisa Smith’s return to Ireland.
Wednesday 16 October, 2019
Grave effects of Trump abandoning Kurdish allies evolving at bewildering speed
Events in Syria appear to represent a major setback for the US and a major victory for Syria’s President Assad and his Russian and Iranian allies, writes Tom Clonan.
Friday 13 September, 2019
Recent attempted bombings in Northern Ireland could drag us all back to the Troubles
A recent attempted mortar attack in Strabane has all the hallmarks of the past, writes Tom Clonan.
Monday 24 June, 2019
Opinion: Living with a disability in Ireland - a relentless dystopian nightmare
The daily life of a person with a disability is not aided by Irish society, writes Tom Clonan.
'When your home is in question, your world is in question': How Threshold is helping renters during the Covid-19 crisis
The charity has seen a spike in callers concerned about being evicted or falling into arrears.
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Saturday 1 June, 2019
Opinion: Defence Forces personnel are the lowest paid workers in the public service
Oglaigh na h’Eireann is reaching a tipping point, a point of no return, in terms of recruitment, retention and falling numbers, writes Tom Clonan.
Wednesday 6 March, 2019
Tom Clonan: Who is responsible for the incendiary devices posted from Dublin to London this week?
This is precisely the same type of incendiary device used by a dissident republican group in recent years but it could also be a lone wolf, writes Tom Clonan.
Tuesday 22 January, 2019
Opinion: The Derry car bomb is part of a dissident republican resurgence over the last decade
The suspension of the Northern Ireland Assembly coupled with the rhetoric around a ‘hard border’ has given oxygen to groups like the New IRA, writes Tom Clonan.
Tuesday 27 November, 2018
Tom Clonan: 'If cool heads prevail, the Kerch situation should not escalate ... but we don't live in a time of cool heads'
How the Russia-Ukraine naval clash may play out in a Trump and Brexit world.
Friday 5 October, 2018
Access to emergency departments in rural Ireland can be hard - so why don't we have an air ambulance service?
Security expert Tom Clonan raises concerns about why Ireland is one of the last EU member states not to have an air ambulance service.
Wednesday 19 September, 2018
'Give our defence forces a living wage': Why I'm marching on the Dáil today
Dr Tom Clonan outlines his reasons for protesting at Leinster House today.
Tuesday 27 March, 2018
'Ireland needs to invest in its neutral status - is expelling a Russian diplomat the best way?'
Security expert Tom Clonan raises concerns about Ireland’s security and intelligence capacity and the strategic importance of our neutrality.
Wednesday 7 March, 2018
36 hours alone in a bed without so much as a hot drink: lessons to be learned from Storm Emma
The emergency effort co-ordinated by the NECC was impressive, writes Tom Clonan, but there is still a learning curve in reaching out to all vulnerable people.
Friday 23 February, 2018
How arming teachers would increase the risk of school shootings, not prevent them
“The US President’s big idea, straight from the NRA’s playbook, is also a sinister one.”
Thursday 28 December, 2017
'An attack is a distinct possibility in Ireland in 2018 - our security is provocatively weak'
In terms of asymmetric threats and terrorism, the outlook is bleak, writes Tom Clonan.
Monday 27 November, 2017
Tom Clonan on the Maurice McCabe email: 'I suffered a similar campaign of character assassination'
Ethical action and moral courage are what we ought to expect and require of our elected representatives, writes Tom Clonan.
Friday 24 November, 2017
Tom Clonan: 'A land border would be provocative and divisive while Stormont is suspended'
Elements of the current debate on a hard border between Ireland and Britain resemble a perfect storm in security and defence terms, writes Tom Clonan.
Friday 11 August, 2017
Tom Clonan: 'I've had enough. We need a campaign for our brothers and sisters disabled by our State'
Is Leo Varadkar – Taoiseach for those who “get up early in the morning” – prepared to vindicate the rights of early risers like my son, asks Tom Clonan.
Thursday 15 June, 2017
Why has the terrorism threat level not been raised here?
There are moves afoot that show increased security here and Taoiseach Varadkar needs to further strengthen our hand.
Tuesday 18 April, 2017
Tom Clonan: We need to talk about how unprepared we are for a terror attack
“In the new reality, the ordinary police on duty, or Gardai, will be required to close down such attacks.”
Tuesday 28 March, 2017
Tom Clonan: Noirín O'Sullivan's performance in recent days is simply not credible
The only response to this appalling breach of trust is for those in charge to consider their positions, writes Dr Tom Clonan.
Saturday 11 February, 2017
Tom Clonan: Ireland never rewards whistleblowers like Maurice McCabe and me - it punishes us
Ireland treats whistleblowers differently to most other countries – as I found out, writes Dr Tom Clontan.
Tuesday 7 February, 2017
Tom Clonan: 'In all our years attending Temple Street, I have never before seen so many sick children and parents'
There has been a steady, inexorable decline in Ireland’s health service over the past fifteen years, writes Dr Tom Clonan.
Tuesday 20 December, 2016
Tom Clonan: After a bloody year, all signs suggest 2017 will bring more of these lone wolf terror attacks
The tragedy in all of this is the plight of millions of Syrian, Afghan and Iraqi refugees, writes Dr Tom Clonan.
Thursday 17 November, 2016
Tom Clonan: 'It is possible that the US and Russia may carve up Syria and Iraq between themselves'
Both Aleppo and Mosul are being besieged by pro-government forces strongly supported by foreign air power but the media coverage is very different, writes Tom Clonan.
Thursday 10 November, 2016
Opinion: What can we expect from President Trump's defence policy? Working with Putin, for a start
President Trump will be confronted by a wide range of long-standing security and terror threats, writes Tom Clonan.
Wednesday 2 November, 2016
Opinion: Ireland has no real plan to deal with the law and order vacuum we're facing on Friday
The garda strike poses risks to ordinary citizens and businesses, as well as to Ireland’s reputation, writes Tom Clonan.
Wednesday 21 September, 2016
Tom Clonan: 2016 has become the year of the lone wolf attack carried out by angry young men
Unless we address the issues of gun control, male violence, rage and alienation, we will see more and more lone wolf attacks, writes Tom Clonan.
Friday 26 August, 2016
Tom Clonan: The Catholic Church can either reform itself after the Maynooth mess - or risk looking like a Fr Ted episode
Change is hard in big organisations – but the Catholic Church’s approach to the problems in Maynooth have been less than encouraging.
Tuesday 26 April, 2016
Invisible police and invisible politicians are the roots of Dublin's narco terror violence
During the Troubles, when TDs, Ministers and Judges were potential targets for attack the garda/army response was properly resourced and led, writes Tom Clonan.
Sunday 24 April, 2016
Republic of equals? My son, on a waiting list, twists in a wheelchair too small for his body
Austerity and spending cuts have made second-class citizens of people with disabilities, writes Tom Clonan.
Monday 16 December, 2013
Extract: ‘Soldiers have an affinity with the detainees in Guantanamo. It would be bad to shoot them – it’ll be lethal injection’
The new book, Whistleblower, Soldier, Spy, charts Tom Clonan’s progression from soldier to academic and journalist and offers an honest and vivid account of life on and off duty.
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Poll: When it's sunny in Ireland - do you wear sunscreen?
IT’S ANOTHER DAY and the sun is shining yet again.
Met Éireann forecasts that this week will see temperatures reach as high as 27 degrees, with clear skies set to stay.
Before you head out to soak up some rays, do you make sure to protect your skin?
Among other measures, the Irish Cancer Society advises people to wear sunscreen in Ireland when they’re out and about between April and September.
But do you?
Today we want to know: When it’s sunny in Ireland – do you wear sunscreen?
Poll Results:
Yes, whenever it's sunny (2233)
Never in Ireland, only abroad (718)
I wear it every day, no matter the weather conditions (440)
I never wear sunscreen (214)
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Using all of our health service facilities has helped against Covid-19. Any change to that should be handled carefully
By Dr Ciarán Ó Riain
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