On Friday both the Irish Times and the Irish Independent published stories which claimed the far right was growing in Ireland, based on a ‘report’ by a group called the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE). The IT’s report was titled “Growth of far-right in Ireland set to continue according to US monitoring group,” […]
Rent controls and their effects have never been a secret: In every country, and every city, where they have ever been introduced, the impact has been disastrous.
Transcendent values.
Collins has no relevance at all to the Ireland of today.
If we had a functioning political left in this country, one that actually cared about the working people and deprived people that it pretends to represent, Saturday’s protest would have been much bigger.
2,000 in California alone, its claimed
For the HSE’s figures to be correct, that would mean that there would have to have been 3,100 deaths this year from Covid, making it the worst year of the pandemic to date. This, very clearly, is not true.
Not, of course, that anyone would ever suggest that an inexperienced Minister like Norma Foley would be being played like a fiddle by career civil servants. Perish the thought.
A uniformly more casual approach to policing?
When faced directly with a choice between a politician in Cheney who told the truth, and a politician in her opponent, Harriet Hageman, who persisted in telling Trumps lies, voters on the right deliberately and actively chose the liar.
If it is the fate of the Irish Church to die, then it will die. But it should die with its head held high for the things it believes to be eternally true. Not crawling on its belly before the whims of the moment.
When considering why the narrative around so many issues is so at odds with the reality, one of the main reasons is that there pertains an esteem/self-esteem inversion among many groups of people. This psychological occurrence can be seen in a spoiled child, who because of the high esteem given to them, has developed a […]