The global soul-searching over the issue of racism, contemporary and historic, that has taken place since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on 25 May has not escaped Ireland. It has taken many forms, some instructive, others less so. One of the most commented-on has been an investigation of the ways in which the […]
Many nursing home residents with breathing difficulties were given morphine instead of oxygen Disturbing figures are coming from Sweden about the number of Covid-19 deaths amongst the elderly. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, half of the people who died in Sweden were residents of nursing homes. Sweden’s approach to the […]
Many Western countries looked on with a hint of dread as Chinese authorities clamped down their populations in January in the hopes of containing the spread of Covid-19. But that dread gave way to palpable fear and gnawing anxiety when the novel coronavirus touched down in Europe in March and April of this year. Fear […]
A cartoon was circulated 1887 by John Fergus O’Hea, a highly regard political cartoonist, to mark the occasion of Queen Victoria’s jubilee celebrating the 50th anniversary of her reign. After eighty seven years since the Act of Union, Ireland was said to be “distracted, disloyal and impoverished.” It was published in the Weekly Freeman, July […]
Iran went through a baby boom in the 1980s. This was in the aftermath of the revolution in 1979 and while the country was in the midst of a war that would leave at least a third of a million of its people dead. Families were encouraged to strengthen Iran by producing “soldiers for Islam” […]
Canadian media is obsessed with identity politics. Percentages of women, non-white and the sexually diverse in politics are routinely analyzed. The unprecedented global focus on anti-black racism since the murder of George Floyd has brought this to a new level. In the middle of the racial ferment a black woman, Leslyn Lewis, is running for leadership […]
Rights Group Warns of ‘Rwandan-style genocide’ A human rights group has warned that Nigeria is at risk of a “Rwandan-style genocide” as more than 60,000 Christians have been killed by extremists in the past decade. The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law cites research from the International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) […]
China seems to be on the march at the moment. It is tightening its grip on Hong Kong, conducting large scale exercises and manoeuvers near Taiwan as a warning, and in its standoff with India has killed a score of Indian soldiers. It is certainly taking its chances as the West, particularly the USA, tears itself apart. China also seems to […]
The newest nation on earth – and the left-wing hope of a new progressive way of peace, justice and racial harmony – lasted about 4 seconds before its liberating founders rejected most of the core tenets of anti-Trumpism. First thing on the agenda for this new nation was a wall (re-termed light fencing by friendly […]
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The newly agreed Programme for Government includes a commitment to impose ‘exclusion zones’ which would stop even silent pro-life vigils outside hospitals and GP surgeries where abortions take place or are facilitated. This is an extreme measure and, as a national law, would be unique in Europe. The Programme includes other measures of concern (see below). For example, it promises yet […]
With the cancel culture in full throttle, attention turned in recent days (again) to comedians as they were hauled over the coals for historical misdemeanours. Little Britain was one of the first to feel the impact, being pulled from Netflix, BBC iPlayer and BritBox. The Fawlty Towers episode The Germans has been pulled from UKTV […]