Not everybody, of course, obeys the speed limit. But in part, I would argue, this is because in Ireland speed limits are rarely – except in urban areas – connected to safety.
We shouldn’t pretend that the Rose of Tralee is something it’s not – but we will, because it makes us feel a bit less embarrassed about it.
“This is what Government should be doing but is too afraid to do” may well prove a better message than simply “Watergrasshill has said no”.
While the journalist might have some superficial sympathy for the idea that the Iraq war was bad, and thus understand the radicalisation, what is he to do with people who do not believe in the urgency of addressing climate change?
You’d nearly be glad the Dáil is on extended holiday, wouldn’t you?
Behind the scenes, a detailed and well-thought out plan is in place with the aim of making anti-immigration candidates a functional irrelevance
In a society where the state pays, your waistline suddenly becomes a matter of public policy.
It was suggested to me that in many cases prison management are relaxed about drugs entering prisons on the basis that were the supplies to stop or cease, managing the prisons would actually become much harder
Whatever your views on these things, it strikes me that this is a choice that the country benefits from having available to parents
Journalists, having been deprived of their ability and power to censor and curate the public conversation, would dearly love that power back.
That this is a nonsensical law should be evident to anybody who has ever travelled inbound through Dublin Airport.
We are spending an additional €30billion annually – can a politician point to €30billion’s worth of betterment in Irish society? Is the Health Service better? Are the Gardai more efficient? Why do we still have a crippling teacher shortage?