They are a party that pretends to represent the working people, but actually represent the concerns of the ruling class, almost in their entirety.
The Irish State funds this kind of thing because it reflects the view that Irish civil servants and decision makers have of themselves, and the country: A bit of a cut above.
We should not use the war as an excuse to abandon our own values, and embrace what is effectively state censorship.
After all, what does a right to housing mean?
The alternative to a negotiated settlement of this war is not pretty.
The west is not just imposing sanctions: It is waging a full scale hot economic war on Russia.
What we have, with surrogacy, is a legal severing of the natural ties between birth mother and child.
That, at the end of the day, is what nationalism is: The willingness to give yourself and your life for the country you call home
Because ultimately, neutrality is only useful until a better opportunity for a bit of moral preening comes along.
It might seem unusual to start a column on the war in Ukraine with Irish climate policy, but the two are deeply connected.
There is a great effort underway to try and make you feel like a bigot if you object to this kind of thing.
This was a remarkably shoddy piece of “journalism” by the Irish Examiner