This proposal will, obviously, never become law.
Neutrality is simply a policy of not taking sides in foreign wars. It does not require that a veto be given to others over the deployment of Irish troops.
If this is corruption, it is a funny kind of corruption indeed.
This initiative is not about inclusivity, and never was: It is about political and cultural insurance.
Objectively, the Minister for Health’s computer being hacked should be a major national scandal that prompts an urgent, Government-wide review of IT security protocols and the involvement of the Gardai, the Defence forces, and the state’s intelligence services.
The broad narrative about Ireland, which is almost universally accepted, is that the more we talk and are open about sex, the safer everyone becomes.
The successful bidder, naturally, will be a “specialist” in Climate Change, and Climate Action.
In Britain, they just give exalted civil servants Knighthoods. It might be a better system, and a cheaper one, than this nonsense.
It is tradition in Irish politics that any euro that gets spent by the Government once will get spent by the opposition
The whole and entire rationale for the Special Criminal Court is, in effect, that the state considers itself unable to guarantee the safety of jurors.
The odd thing about this is that it is both true, and, in its own way, admirable
The Horse Racing industry also needs to come to terms with something: Just saying “it’s tradition” over and over won’t cut it.