It is fitting, given that five of its 15 members have a direct personal involvement in the legal system, that the first item to jump out from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission’s latest missive on racism and discrimination is a clarion call for “the need to extend access to Legal aid for people […]
A few weeks ago, when the Irish government announced a tax cut for fuel, they made a claim which was such a stretch that future generations of elastic bands should study it for tips. Responding to the ongoing energy crisis, Fine Gael Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said “The causes of these price pressures are not […]
It’s the kind of thing that, if it were being proposed for, say, Boris Johnson, would have the Irish media in apoplectic form.
Even so, this all just has the air of unreality about it.
But Putin invaded
In 1913, some of Ireland’s founding fathers as it were, The O’Rahilly, Pádraig Pearse & Eoin MacNeill amongst others, came together to predicate the Irish Volunteers. The impetus for this founding was due to the militarisation of Unionism, in the form of the 100,000 strong Ulster Volunteer Force. Sadly, the Irish Defence Forces are in […]
The Minister for Health has given himself plenty of room here for burying contributions which he does not like
“These sanctions may backfire, and it could very well be us that end up revolting against our leaders”
We need to rebuild our lives
Things I like: Good. Things I don’t like: Bad.
If the world was a secondary school, and governments were its students, modern Ireland would be the insecure, sycophantic nerd who gets picked last for games, bumped into lockers, and victimised by noogies and atomic wedgies on a daily basis. Amid the ongoing energy crisis, with fuel and electricity prices surging to unsustainable levels, many […]
Alas, an event like this is bound to be a let-down: After all, it couldn’t possibly be as insufferable as it sounds.