Scotland – with masks – has many more cases per head of population than Ireland – without masks.
When you make things more expensive and more rare and more exclusive, you begin to have an inherent political appeal to snobs.
These have been long, dark, miserable years. Covid 19 bears much of the blame for that. As a society though, our own share of the blame is much, much, greater than we will ever admit to ourselves.
There are a couple of obvious problems with this, beyond the argument above that none of it is really necessary.
There are now only two possible outcomes: A negotiated settlement in which Ukraine retains its independence, and present government, or a long, drawn out, bloody war. Both outcomes will represent a humiliation for Moscow.
Was Smith right to be angry? Sure, he was.
Later this year, he is scheduled to become Taoiseach again. If he does, that probably locks him in as Fine Gael leader until the next election.
With his domestic approval rating now in the 30s, it’s probably more likely than not that Biden won’t even bother seeking re-electio
The real debate in Ireland then is not between “neutrality” on the one hand and “NATO” on the other: it is about what the word “neutrality” means
If you are silly or “bigoted” enough to say “that is a man”, then you will have committed the modern equivalent of thought crime, and be punished for it.
Political parties don’t deliver objective and factual information. They are always trying to persuade you of something. That, too, is increasingly true of the media.
Did Michael Healy Rae call Leo Varadkar a “fairy” in the Dáil on Tuesday?