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Taoiseach under fire for failing to apologise to Magdalene survivors

Joe Little, Religious and Social Affairs Correspondent, analyses the reaction to yesterday's report into the Magdalene Laundries

UN Torture Committee responds to Magdalene report

Felice Gaer, Vice Chairperson of the UN Committee Against Torture, says that perpetrators should be punished and victims should be given redress

McAleese report marks 'watershed': Shatter

Justice Minister Alan Shatter discusses the findings of the report into the Magdalene Laundries

Sinn Féin insists Taoiseach must apologise

Mary Lou McDonald, Vice President of Sinn Féin, says the Government should offer a full apology and redress to the women who lived in the Magdalene Laundries

Still unclear how horsemeat ended up in Irish beef burgers

Eamon Phelan, Beef Chairman of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association, says yesterday's Oireachtas Committee on the discovery of horse meat in some Irish produced burgers raised more questions than it answered

House of Commons passes vote on gay marriage

George Parker, Political Correspondent of the Financial Times, says there are divisions in the Tory party after a bill allowing marriage equality for gay people in England and Wales passed in the House of Commons last night

Public payment of private debt: the options

Dr Tom Healy, Director of the think-tank NERI, is suggesting ways in which relief on Irish banking debt can be achieved

Cabinet to consider sending Irish troops to Mali

Colonel Colm Doyle, former Irish Army Officer, says Ireland has a reputation for providing well-trained troops for training and peacekeeping missions

Polish fans get warm welcome ahead of match

Romek Poslednik, football fan and Director of an international language school in Turun in Poland, talks about the on-going relationship between Irish and Polish football fans following Euro 2012

What's behind Dell's multi-billion euro buy-out deal?

Adam Maguire, technology journalist, discusses Michael Dell's decision to buy back the personal computer manufacturer he founded and that carries his name

The Irish Times imagines Ireland in 2023

Lucy Masterson, Co-founder of Hireland and lecturer in non-profit marketing, talks about today's special supplement which reports on what Ireland might be like ten years hence

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