A quick scan of Irish headlines in relation to the deposit return scheme, due to be introduced from February 1st, shows that the Irish media have, predictably, been utterly fawning:
In such circumstances, we must essentially trust twelve people on a jury to get it right
From the Union point of view, a Government is rarely weaker than when it is about to face the electorate.
When they say they would like to combat misinformation, they are saying they would like to regulate what you read, what you watch, what you hear, and what you consume.
These campaigns often come down to who you side with, more than what you side with.
This is the trap in which Ireland’s politicians have caught themselves: They say the country is not full, because they can say nothing else without changing their policy.
The state’s record on father’s rights has been abysmal for years.
Any honest conversation about misinformation would include the basic fact that the greatest purveyors of misinformation in any democracy – not only Irelands – are elected politicians and unelected political actors.
This is a Government – and in fact an entire political class – with very low levels of respect and admiration from the public by historical standards.
Councillor Walsh told this reporter yesterday that he firmly believes the raids this weekend had a political motive.
It’s easy and tempting to look at the figures, released yesterday, showing 10,000 home STI kits being ordered in Ireland every month, and just write it off as another sign of civilisational decline. Your correspondent knows this because, in truth, that was my own initial reaction: What kind of society do we live in where […]
The Soc Dems have every chance of watching Labour sink, and picking up the survivors. In the meantime, they have no reason to lash themselves to a sinking ship.