Scotland’s strong sense of national identity means its new migrants receive a far more welcoming reception than in England and Wales, according to a new UK-wide report from the Commission for Racial Equality.
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A protest will be staged outside Leinster House today as Sinn Féin launches its action week on health. Challenging the Minister for Health Mary Harney’s seat in the forthcoming election, Sinn Féin Dublin Mid West candidate Joanne Spain will unveil the party’s plans.
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A national inquiry into the scale of bullying should be undertaken by ministers because of fears that the problem is being downplayed by schools seeking to protect their reputations, a report demands today. New guidance is also needed to ensure that victims who dare to fight back are not suspended or expelled.a
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Gangs of middle-class children are being blamed by police for disfiguring hundreds of buildings and signs across the Scottish capital with graffiti. Police in Edinburgh said the respectable backgrounds of many of the worst culprits was making it difficult to trace and prosecute them.
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A Dublin teenager, who became the first person in the State to be charged with a newly designated offence for smuggling drugs into a prison, has been given a one-year sentence.
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So-called “career criminals” could be banned from mixing with former associates when they are released from prison under Government plans. Failure to abide by the terms of strict licences might mean returning to jail for up to three years.
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The move to improve the diet of Scotland’s schoolchildren has been one of the Scottish Executive’s most important and high-profile initiatives. Keen to ensure that new guidelines would provide a solid base for the next generation, the Executive set up an expert advisory body consisting of nutritionists, dentists and education watchdogs to decide on what food should be served in school canteens and tuck shops.
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Voluntary organisations bidding to make mental health services a major general election issue today take their campaign to Dublin. The Mental Health Action Group wants to see full implementation of the A Vision For Change blueprint, launched in January 2006.
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The probation service failed to manage a dangerous psychopath and child killer who was released after 38 years in prison without a proper assessment of his risk to the public, an official inquiry has found.
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Police carried out dawn raids across Fife yesterday in a bid to net alleged drug dealers. In the biggest-ever operation by Fife Police, more than 130 cops targeted 11 addresses in co-ordinated raids.
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