‘An attack on my faith’
Review process fundamentally flawed
“He will never be more politically powerful than he will be on his first day in office – if he has big changes in mind, that’s the day to make them.”
Activist movements should be catered towards the group with the grievance.
Spoons in many pies
Despite the tents erected around Mount Street, and senior Cabinet members talking tougher on immigration, new figures show that the number of migrants arriving in Ireland seeking asylum have reached the highest weekly levels in over 20 years. In the week to 17th March, a total of 479 people claiming asylum arrived in Ireland, an […]
“Being the Finance Minister allows him to plausibly claim credit for all Government successes, since he funded them, while distancing himself from failures, because all he did was fund them.”
Two assisted suicide reports offer competing visions
Séamus Breathnach
If the Leo Varadkar of 2004 could look at the Leo Varadkar of 2024, I think it perfectly fair – even if perhaps slightly harsh – to ask whether he would even recognise himself.
Assisted Suicide
If we assume that the Covid enquiry takes a similar length of time to that of the “Grace” enquiry, then we are looking at a report date of 2031, more than a decade after the events that it purports to report on.