A leading commentator has warned of a growing climate of hostility towards religion in Ireland, after a church had graffiti daubed on its doors, the latest in a spate of attacks around the country. The doors of University Church on Stephen’s Green in Dublin were daubed with graffiti Tuesday evening. It comes after an arson […]
No one quite knows what is going on in North Korea (although Michael Palin does have a book out which may be illuminating…but probably won’t be). Thus, when it comes to its population and predicted trends, it is hard to be sure just what the real story in in the Hermit Kingdom. But, from what can […]
It’s remarkable, isn’t it, as a very smart tweeter observed in response to this news, that just a few years ago the great and the good were applauding the power of twitter to facilitate political change on a scale previously unheard of. The Arab spring? Powered almost completely by social media. Barack Obama? The first […]
Halloween used to be so easy. Kids would get dressed up, go trick or treating, eat too much chocolate, wear disposable costumes and wear ghoulish makeup. Adults – especially young adults – would get dressed up too – go hell raising for a night wearing whatever they wanted. The more outrageous, the better. But alas, […]
A “porn workshop” featuring ‘porn alphabet games’ is being advocated by a leading campaigner for a new Sexual Education programme for school children. A selection of potential terms to be explained in workshops was posted by Kate Dawson of NUIG, a porn studies advocate and sexual educator, on her Twitter feed. In a tweet […]
The House of Commons has voted, by a hefty margin, to hold an election in Great Britain, and in Northern Ireland. The outcome of the election on our neighbouring island will have monumental consequences for that country’s relationship with the European Union, and maybe even for its relationship with Scotland. Over on this island, voters […]
The issue of the genital mutilation of young girls in non-European cultures is rightly considered to be a key human rights issue that needs to be addressed. It has become a massive problem within European states, including Ireland, due to the arrival of large numbers of people from those cultures. It also, as we shall […]
They’re at it again. Fianna Fáil spokespeople are being trotted out this morning across the airwaves to make the case that now would be a very bad time for an Irish general election, and that it would be better for everyone if the Government – which Fianna Fáil says is useless – stayed in office […]
On Thursday 24th October 2019, the Government launched a public consultation (the “Consultation”) on hate speech laws in Ireland. As part of this Consultation the Government confirmed their intention to consult with members of the public, academics and groups who have experienced hate speech either “personally or seen, read or heard” what they consider to […]
There is a little known but brilliant book, The Death of Uncle Joe, by Alison Macleod who worked for the British Communist Daily Worker in the 1940s and 1950s until eventually seeing sense and leaving. The book is well worth reading for its human insight into how many people doggedly stuck to their illusions despite […]
Dawn Butler, Labour’s shadow secretary for women and equalities, takes equality seriously, in a speech to the PinkNews Awards, she defended “the teaching of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues in schools”. That is stale news for the media. But Ms Butler extended the ambit of her claim to include giraffes and made headlines. Giraffes? […]
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