• Time to legislate on stem cells

  The news of another breakthrough in Oregon in stem-cell technology - the cloning of embryos using human tissues and then the ability to harvest stem cells from them - opens up new possibilities in the personalisation of therapeutic cloning. But, closer to home, it serves to draw attention once again to the lacunae in Irish law that have left most of a field of fast-developing research and the ...

• Police applaud positive talks as an antidote to community tensions in Northern Ireland

  BY MICHAEL McHUGH - 20 May 2013 A PSNI chief said he hopes there will be greater public confidence in the police on the back of talks aimed at quelling community ...

• ‘One dead’ in blaze at Belfast apartment

  The emergency services responded after reports around 7.30pm of a blaze in University Street, which was sealed off for several hours. A white forensic tent was erected outside the building. Sources suggested one person died. Both the Ambulance and Fire Services confirmed they attended but would give no further details. A PSNI spokesman was unavailable for ...

• Alternative voting systems favour largest parties

  A study of how alternative electoral systems would work in Ireland has found they most markedly favour the largest political party in Ireland and also result in substantially reduced representation for smallest parties and ...

• Failure to deliver €300m savings would represent climbdown by Government

  Brian Hayes that the Government may not secure EUR300 million in savings it was seeking this year from the public service pay and pensions bill would represent a major climbdown if it comes to ...

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