- P. Fitzpatrick Editorial, 3
IMS
- Irish Mathematical Society, 4
News and Announcements
- F. Holland 1985 Irish National Mathematics Contest, 8
- F. Holland 1985 Irish Invitational Mathematics Contest, 10
- Personal Items, 12
ARTICLES
- R. Harte A Matrix Joke, 13
- B.R. Gelbaum Free Topological Groups, 17
- D. Hurley Hyperbolic Behaviour of Geodesic Flows, 21
- D. Singmaster Remarks on 'An Elementary Number Theory Result', 31
MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION
- Report on the Basic Mathematical Skills Test of First Year Students in Cork RTC in 1984, 33
- T. Porter Undergraduate Projects in Group Theory: Commutativity Ratios, 44
HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
- N.D. McMillan J. MacCullagh and W.R. Hamilton. The Triumph of Irish Mathematics 1827-1865, 50
BOOK REVIEWS
- I. Grattan-Guinness George Boole. His Life and Work by D. MacHale, 62
- Books Received, 70
- P. Rippon Problem Page, 72
CONFERENCE REPORTS
- R. Dark Groups in Galway 1985, 79
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Bail IV 1986, 81