Dr. Ebun Joseph is a Career Development Consultant at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, but also a prominent campaigner against racism, describing herself as “a race relations consultant, Career specialist & Life Coach who addresses Social Justice issues and advocates for equality.” If you’re one of those people who regularly listens to Irish […]
The news, it must be said, is often bad. There are several reasons for this, but mostly it comes down to the fact that people will usually react more strongly to bad news than good news. Bad news is generally more emotionally impactful. But good news matters, too. Every day, Irish people, and people the […]
Christmas is over, and it’s that time of year when we reflect on the year that has just passed, and what happened in it. In that spirit, here are the five politicians who we think had the best 2019, and the five who had the worst. Note: We’re primarily concerned with Ireland here, but of […]
With the release of “The Rise of Skywalker”, last weekend, there have now been nine “Star Wars” movies. And with the saga coming to an end, without delivering any spoilers for the latest and last film, we can now say one thing, definitively: Palpatine, Darth Sidious, Emperor of the Galaxy, was the good guy, all […]
There are two things about modern politics that are depressingly true. The first is that “our” side is always right, regardless of the facts. The second is that inflicting harm on the other side is often more important than getting something useful done. Both truths have their origins in the politics of the United States […]
Fianna Fáil’s newly elected TD for Wexford, Malcolm Byrne, is making some waves today on the subject of Irish unity. Hugh O’Connell in the Independent has the full story: “A Fianna Fáil TD has suggested that a united Ireland could rejoin the Commonwealth, make July 12 a public holiday and reserve 30pc of Cabinet positions […]
On the 20th of October, 2016, a 59 year old man called John Smith invited a 15 year old girl, who he did not know, into his van on the pretext of asking her for directions. Once she was in his van, he took out his penis and began masturbating in front of her. Later […]
When even the UN, the world’s largest NGO (non governmental organisation) is noticing that Ireland has a vast number of NGOs, we might have a problem: “NGO” is sort of a misleading term, to be fair. Non-Governmental kind of implies, to the casual reader, that these are truly independent, civil-society driven organisations made up of […]
Séamus Healy, TD, on Climate Change: Climate change is a real and distressing phenomenon which disproportionately affects the most vulnerable in our society. We only have to think of a country like the Philippines and, more recently, the Pacific island of Vanuatu, to see the utter devastation that climate change is wreaking on the most […]
Ireland has 4 living former Taoisigh – John Bruton, Bertie Ahern, Brian Cowen, and Enda Kenny. Last week it was revealed that the Government will spend €300,000 annually to provide them with various perks – a secretary, a car, VIP passage through airports, and that sort of thing. This has generated considerable public anger. It […]
What a difference a year makes. Here’s the Irish Times’ own Kitty Holland, almost exactly one year ago, approvingly reporting on proposals to introduce a hate speech law: And here’s the Irish Times’ own Kitty Holland an hour ago, reacting to the news that that nice Mr. Corbyn had not achieved a majority for socialism […]
Since 2016, the Irish political and media establishment has clung to a single, unifying, and unshakeable theory about Brexit: It was a fluke result, fuelled by the confluence of several unique factors. A poor remain campaign. Lies by Brexiteers. A surge in anti-immigrant sentiment, or when they’re not being diplomatic, “racist bigotry”. Poor turnout by […]