In a debate in the House of Commons, Edmund Burke is documented as saying: “there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporters’ Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all.” The Fourth Estate – the press – were meant to be a light to expose the truth, to […]
Several weeks ago, I was speaking to a former professor of mine and we touched upon the current inability of the Irish government to pass legislation due to the non-existence of a valid Seanad. This was around the time the Irish newspapers started speculating over whether Trump would hand over power peacefully should he lose […]
With whispers of an end to partition on the lips of many, with predictions of a border poll rife, and with the British government exhibiting increasing signs of disinterest in the Ulster Plantation, it seems the arc of history is slowly bending towards Irish unity. However, if Brexit has taught us one thing, it is […]
For the people of Maynooth, Domhnall Ua Buachalla is a name not known to many of the town’s current population. Some may know of him as the propietor of a Hardware Store that had been in his family since 1853. The store itself closed its shutters for good in 2005, with the building presently called […]
What we used to all have in common was that (1) we were human, and (2) we all would eventually leave this earth. There will soon be a third common denominator for humanity: all of us, unintentionally, intentionally or even just by merely by existing, will have offended what Dave Chapelle refers to as ‘the […]
The most unforgettable line of the timeless 1939 classic ‘Gone With The Wind’ is the last words of Clark Gable’s character Rhett Butler. In the final few scenes of the movie, Vivien Leigh’s character Scarlett O’Hara – in desperation – asks Rhett “Where shall I go? What shall I do?” He coolly responds “Frankly, my […]
I am not going to begin this piece with multiple qualifications, or unnecessary statements that I believe in the value and contributions of women. The message in the title and the vitality of women are self-evident. Women are great. But I am not a woman, and neither are half the population. I am sick, to […]
In an announcement this past Wednesday, the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) determined that the University of Vermont Medical Centre had illegally duped, and forced, a Catholic Nurse to assist in an elective abortion. The centre has been given 30 days to amend its practices to […]