They knew, and yet he remained. And remains.
The lyrics about Britons never being slaves refer to the Viking practice of seizing christians into slavery.
This is an argument that might wash in the opinion pages of the Irish Times. I am unconvinced that it will persuade many of the locals in Roscrea, or elsewhere.
The Chief Justice separately offered two quotes that may be advantageous to one side or the other.
The public, and their changing choices, are much more to blame than the politicians are.
Which makes me ask: Where’s the imagination?
It is, perhaps, the stupidest three paragraphs of text ever suggested to an Irish Government.
A church that speaks out on Christian doctrine only when that doctrine happens to coincidentally serve the political needs of the state is, in this writer’s estimation, barely worthy of the name.
O’Gorman’s opinion as to what “represents as durable” is just that: His personal opinion.
Names have meaning and significance, and should be treated with the respect they deserve.
Our political class now appears to be in such a desperate state of panic that the apparent priority here was not to think matters through, but to rush the story into print.
Unless Iowa is an unprecedented outlier and freak result, Trump’s Republican opponents are wasting their time.