The raw truth of the matter is that a great many progressives now simply do not believe that basic democratic rights should apply to their opponents.
What we can say, though, is that the fear many people have about ditching facemasks is evidence that there have been social consequences.
Whether a horrific crime is relevant today, or just a form of outrage archaeology is, in Sinn Fein’s telling, a simple matter of first asking which side carried it out.
At some point, perhaps soon, perhaps later, Ireland’s younger voters will realise that this is a country with increasingly nothing to offer them except for rainbows, and symbolism
One suspects, in this case, that Mr. O’Callaghan is not going to prison because of what he did, but because of how foolish he has revealed the state to be.
Labour essentially wants state policy crafted around the false and offensive idea that boys are inherently dangerous, and require taming at the hands of girls.
There cannot seriously be an intelligent person left, for example, who seriously believes that a tide of covid infections in Ireland is being held back by indoor mask wearing.
But look at her record in office: What, exactly, has she achieved?
Current events prove, without much equivocation, that a great many people owe the former President an apology.
Over the last decade, Fine Gael has bent the knee to these people daily, on almost every issue.
The protests are becoming a revolt not simply against vaccine mandates, but against the established political consensus.
Senator Doherty’s bill does not really accomplish much