Laila Mickelwait is a woman on a mission.
Tithe Wars nó as Gaeilge Cogadh na nDeachúna
Beidh lá na bhFilí arís againn.
Europe is heading for an almighty stand-off between its democratically elected national governments and its power-hungry superstate
South Korea is the global birth dearth poster child. A demographic basket case. Every year it claims the record for the world’s lowest fertility rate, now 0.78. Statistics Korea projects a rate of 0.65 by 2025. The capital Seoul, home to one in five South Koreans, rings in at 0.59. When South Korea was founded […]
‘Master Butcher’ and a ‘psychopath’
In a country where we have a female Minister for Justice, female members of the Supreme Court, numerous female members of the judiciary, Oireachtas and civil service, it is clear that this provision has not been utilised to prevent the advancement of women in any of these fields of political power or significance.
The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence or Istanbul Convention, is an international convention which came into force here in July 2019. It has been the subject of huge controversy in those countries where a debate was allowed. But in many countries including Ireland there was no […]
The Shankill Butchers were a group of 11 loyalists, many of whom were members of the Ulster Volunteer Force, which operated out of drinking dens in the Shankill Road area of Belfast hence the name. They abducted Catholics; tortured, maimed and mutilated their bodies before eventually killing them with butchers knives, axes and hatchets. Their […]
Kincora Boys’ Home was a boys’ home in Belfast
The Statute of Kilkenny were a set of laws made by the English Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lionel of Antwerp. They were passed at a meeting of the Irish parliament held at Kilkenny. It was to ensure that the English colonisers here did not adopt Irish customs and that the Irish must adopt English ones. […]
The level of poverty in Ireland was evidenced by further comments from O’Connell