Sums up the country, really.
With fears of a Trump-induced recession and global instability, the Irish voter appears to be very much in a “don’t rock the boat” mood.
Just to elaborate on Fatima’s post below, in fairness: Most Irish law and jurisprudence operates on precedents and rulings from the superior courts when it comes to sentencing. This is never more true than in the area of “mitigation”. So for example, in child porn (or child abuse imagery, to use the proper term, cases) […]
The new war on Fake News.
Trusting the plan is one thing – but in a Democracy, it is usually incumbent on Governments to tell us exactly what the plan is. This morning, we are no wiser.
Give me the Ireland of Carry On movies on RTE and the Legion of Mary condemning them as filth over this warped culture, any day of the week.
Readers should note that the German view is just as compliant with EU law as the Irish view.
Ireland does not owe America a living.
Five years of accidental – and at times deliberate – sabotage.
And we’re all supposed to play along in a carefully staged play.
For neither Deputy Collins, nor Deputy McGrath, shall men in the words of Churchill look back in a thousand years and say of them, this was their finest hour.
“Scouting Ireland’s position is committed to proactively seeking equality of outcomes for all young people.”