Being “fringe” in Ireland simply means that you are not part of the safe consensus that dominates our media and politics
350 million barrels of Irish Oil, sitting under the sea.
A sort of Urbi et Orbi to the nation and the world
This does matter.
The case of the man accused of attacking children.
The entire basis of the notion that nuclear “deterrence” exists is that nobody rational or sane would ever use nuclear weapons because to do so would lead to their own destruction.
Time to sell the family silver?
For both sides on this island, it strikes me that continuing the war through legal means and tits for tat about who did what is a waste of time, and energy.
What such a law would do, in fact, would be to reinforce rather than challenge the contradictory thinking of many people on this issue.
Empathy, before enquiry.
On these pages, no less.
And the media’s hypocrisy on the same subject.