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THURS. 10 MAY 2.30 Racing from Newmarket 4.00 South Riding 5.00 Stingray 5.30 Youngline 6.00 The Angelus 6.01 Youngline 6.15 News 6.30 Curious Eyes 7.00 Winged Colt 7.30 How's Your Father 8.00 The Mackinnons 9.00 News 9.20 Thursday Play date--Sean OXJasey, The Rebel 10.15 Nuacht 10.25 Folio 10.35 Westminster Elections 4.00 4.55 6.00 6.01 6.20 6.50 7.15 7.20 8.00 9.00 9.15 10.40 11.40 The Waltons The Riordans The Angelus Cartoon Time Worsel Gummidge Church Worldwide Nuacht Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em Against the Wind News Goodnight My Love (Film) Sportscene Late News THURS. 10 MAY 6.50 Switch On 7.00 Cartoon Time 7.20 Top of the Pops 8.00 Pot Black 8.30 World Week 9.00 One More Time 9.30 Going Straight 10.00 Positively Healthy 10.30 Music by Jerome Kern 11.30 Newsnight FRI. 11 MAY 6.40 Switch On 6.50 Blankety Blank 7.25 Kenny Everitt Video Show 8.05 Golden Soak 9.00 World Sportsman 9.25 Premiere 9.55 Festival 11.10 Newsnight SAT. 12 MAY 4.15 Cartoon Time 4.35 The Virginian 5.50 The World About Us 6.45 Generation Game 7.40 Aisling Gheal 8.10 Telford's Change 9.00 International Golf 9.50 Old Gray Whistle Test 10.30 Norwood SUN. 13 MAY 6.05 Just William 6.30 Taste for Adventure 6.55 Salvage One 7.45 Sykes 8.10 The Parched Land 9.00 Kilverts Diary 9.15 Starlight Award 9.45 Play of Month MON. 14 MAY Switch On Indoor Outdoors Coronation Street Call My Bluff Tomorrow's World 9.00 Early Music 9.30 The Spiders Strategin 11.20 Newsnight 6.50 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 TUES. 15 MAY 7.00 Switch On 7.05 Celebrity Squares 7.30 The Tribal Eye 8.30 And Mother Makes 3 9.00 Streets of San Francisco 9.50 Nurse of the Year Preview 9.55 Jemma 10.25 Cold Comfort Farms 11.10 Newsnight WED. 16 MAY 6.50 Switch On 7.00 This Is Your Life 7.30 Coronation Street 8.00 KEZ 9.00 Music in Camera 9.30 Countdown to Europe 1050 Love for Lydia 11.30 Newsnight

By any s t a n d a r d s M r . J i m G i b b o n s , Minister for Agriculture, has had a r e m a r k able political career. A n d t h e fact t h a t h e crossed swords with M r . H a u g h e y i n t h e d r a m a t i c events of the A r m s Conspiracy Trial almost ten years ago adds further d o u b t s t o t h e real reasons for his latest s t a n d o n t h e Family P l a n n i n g Bill. F o r the b l u n t facts of the m a t t e r are that this bill is something of a " t i d y i n g u p " operation aimed at restricting a n d limiting t h e availability of artificial c o n t r a c e p tion, in comparison with the situation which now prevails following the S u p r e m e C o u r t ruling in t h e M a g e e case some years ago. It is not, t h e n , a new measure aimed at i n t r o d u c i n g something into Irish life which has not b e e n b r o u g h t a b o u t b y t h e courts a n d M r . H a u g h e y ' s Bill, if anything, is a n effort b y t h e legislature a n d the G o v e r n m e n t of t h e day t o come to t e r m s with t h e regulation a n d limitation of s o m e t h i n g which it appears t h e vast majority of Irish people a n d their elected representatives d o n o t want t o see as part of t h e life of t h e c o m m u n i t y in s u c h a general way that it would u n d e r m i n e o u r traditional quality of life. If M r . G i b b o n ' s reservations are solely of a moral k i n d t h e n h e should have left t h e G o v e r n m e n t as soon as t h e Bill was p u b l i s h e d -- n o t waited o n in an eye to eye confrontation with M r . L y n c h in w h a t is essentially a political p o w e r - g a m e . T h e decision of M r . L y n c h n o t t o sack M r . G i b b o n s , or ask for his resignation, is u n d e r s t a n d a b l e . But it does u n d e r m i n e t h e concept of cabinet as well as p a r t y responsibility as we h a v e c o m e t o k n o w t h e m a n d stands in marked contrast t o t h e desire for expulsion which F i a n n a Fail showed some years ago w h e n people like K e v i n Boland, Neil Blaney, D e s Foley, P a u d g e Brennan a n d Sean Sherwin got into trouble because they insisted t h a t F i a n n a Fail was n o t , o n the face of it, being faithful to t h e spirit of its o w n constitution a n d t h e aspirations of its founding fathers. T h e G i b b o n s episode is therefore a dangerous p r e c e d e n t for the future-- t h a t is if y o u accept t h e traditional political concepts in this matter. T h e r e is a school of t h o u g h t of course which says there should b e a right of conscience in all cases of legislation. Even a further school which suggests that n o D a i l vote is a free vote nowadays because of t h e rigours of the party whips. A n d there are those w h o even suggest that it is crazy to expect every G o v e r n m e n t - s p o n s o r e d bill t o c o m m a n d full s u p p o r t from all supporters of the G o v e r n m e n t at any one t i m e . M u c h better to allow full and free debate by all m e m b e r s in the house a n d if t h e measure does not c o m m a n d e n o u g h support from a majority of m e m b e r s t h e G o v e r n m e n t simply d r o p s it from its legislative p r o g r a m m e for t h e time being. Certainly, t h e Taoiseach s h o u l d n o t have t o dissolve t h e Dail every t i m e a measure fails. R a t h e r he or some other leader in the house should be asked to form a n e w administration which would c o m m a n d overall support. S u c h a system would, of course, d e m a n d regular elections on a specific date every four or five years. I t might lead t o some weak governments in s o m e situations a n d it w o u l d of course eliminate t h e Taoiseach's right to call an election (as o p p o s e d to resigning from g o v e r n m e n t ) whenever h e wished--one of t h e most valuable cards in a Taoiseach's strategy at the m o m e n t . But such a measure w o u l d make T . D ' s . responsible to t h e people that elect t h e m in a way they are not at present because of t h e party w h i p s . H o w many T . D ' s . at present really want t o vote for t h e Family P l a n n i n g Bill? U p to now they could plead party discipline w h e r e their behaviour differed from t h e obvious wishes of the majority of their electorate. But after the G i b b o n s affair things can never be the same again.

FRI. 11 MAY 1.00 Westminster

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MON. 14 MAY 4.00 Sesamee Street 5.00 How 5.30 Our Times 6.00 The Angelus 6.01 Our Times II 6.15 News 6.30 Dick Turpin 7.00 Hardy Boys 8.00 The Riordans 9.00 News 9.20 Frontline 9.50 Rhoda 10.20 Nuacht 10.30 Dallas 11.30 Late News

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TUES. 15 MAY 4.00 Going Strong 4.50 An Baile Beo 5.00 The Electric Co. 5.30 Let's Go 6.00 The Angelus 6.01 Let's Go 6.15 News 6.30 Kidnapped 7.00 Hands 7.30 Sharp Intake of Breath 8.00 Landmark 8.30 Words & Music 9.00 News 9.20 Duchess of Duke St. 10.20 Nuacht 10.30 Feach

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SUN. 13 MAY 11.00 Morning Worship 11.00 Mass 11.45 Ensemble Return of the Bad Men 12.45 Going Strong 1.30 The Garden 2.00 Folio 2.25 Sunday Matinee My Favourite Brunette

T h e most significant aspect of t h e British G e n e r a l Election m u s t b e t h e victory of M a r g a r e t T h a t c h e r . T h e first w o m a n prime-minister of t h e M o t h e r of Parlia ments can only be a progressive s t e p ; and if h e r politics o r h e r accent is n o t t o y o u r liking n o one can deny' that it is a b o u t t i m e w o m e n took t h e h e l m of political leadership. But it has taken a long time for w o m e n to c o m e to t h e fore of politics in E u r o p e . I t was not until following w o m e n ' s massive c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e first W o r l d W a r effort that t h e franchise was g r a n t e d t o t h e m -- a n d t h e n only t o those over 30 years of age. Incredibly, it was n o t until as recently as 1928 t h a t w o m e n were b r o u g h t into line with m e n a n d h a d t h e vote at 21 years. T h e Irish patriot C o u n t e s s Constance G . Markiewicz was t h e first w o m a n elected t o the British parliament; she did n o t , however, take h e r seat. U n d o u b t e d l y M a r g a r e t T h a t c h e r is a w o m a n t o b e reckoned with. Any politician w h o battles their way u p t h r o u g h the ranks of the Conservative p a r t y m u s t have exceptional abilities. Given the rather crusty principles that the Tories r e p r e s e n t it m u s t have been far more difficult for a w o m a n to emerge at t h e t o p of the h e a p t h a n for any man. O f course Irish interest in t h e British elections ultimately concerns t h e N o r t h e r n Ireland situation. M r s . T h a t c h e r ' s a p p o i n t m e n t of M r . H u m p h r e y Atkins as t h e N o r t h ' s new Secretary of State is welcomed if for n o o t h e r reason t h a n h e is a n u n k n o w n factor. H e takes u p his d a u n t i n g position w i t h clean political hands a n d as w e wish h i m well we can only h o p e h e will b e a n honest, strong a n d s y m p a t h e t i c administrator. T h e L a b o u r G o v e r n m e n t ' s collapse, of course, was n o surprise. Britain h a d staggered t h r o u g h a bitterly cold winter aggravated b y a depressing industrial scene generally. Despite Jim Callaghan's brilliant g a m e s m a n s h i p , t h e r e was t h e extraordinary miscalculation o n t h e Devolution Bills for Scotland a n d Wales. T h e British public howled for G o v e r n m e n t action as one strike followed a n o t h e r . T h e L a b o u r G o v e r n m e n t t u r n e d the other cheek to their friends in the u n i o n s w h o promptly whacked t h e m hard. O n e begins to wonder .if a parallel is not developing in this country. T h e c u r r e n t postal strike is a disgrace; a n d t h e people are d e m a n d i n g a n e n d t o it. Will t h e Irish Margaret T h a t c h e r please come forward . . .

WED. 16 MAY 3.00 All Stars Lass-ALympics 3.15 Wednesday Matinee One Minute to Zoro 5.00 Fables of t h e Green Forest 5.30 Vision On 6.00 The Angelus 6.01 Garda Patrol 6.15 News 6.25 Cartoons 6.40 The Garden 7.10 Soccer 9.00 News 10.30 Nuacht 10.40 I Witness 11.30 Late News

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