What we have in Ireland is a plainly political lockdown, not a scientific one.
In the wake of the senseless and tragic killing of 23-year-old Offaly native Ashling Murphy, there has understandably been a viscerally emotional reaction from people the length and breadth of the country. Naturally, we all want to ensure that something this awful can never happen again, and most people (myself included) agree that new systems […]
In 1922, Ireland was torn in half by a terrible civil war that scarred our nation and its politics for a century. After winning the War of Independence, and striking a major blow for the freedom of the whole island, our victory should have been a time of celebration. Instead, it was a time of […]
It strains credulity to believe that the hospital situation changed so markedly in just two weeks.
This has not been an opportunity for a “national conversation”. It has been an opportunity for one group of people to do what they always want to do: Tell everyone else to sit down and shut up and listen to what they have to say and accept it as gospel truth.
As the Anglo Irish Treaty is Marked, Lets Not Erase the Catastrophe that Resulted for Northern Nationalists -Tóibín
Sharon Keogan speaks her mind
What’s the risk?
Here’s a funny question for you; what exactly is the HSE? That seems like a silly thing to ask, I know. “The Health Service Executive,” you say. “Ireland’s public healthcare system. Duh.” Of course, if you consult the HSE’s “About Us” tab on their website, they say that “The HSE provides all of Ireland’s public […]
For most of yesterday, the name of the person who was wrongly suspected of carrying out the unprovoked and brutal murder of Ashling Murphy was not made public by the Gardai. All that we knew is that he was male, in his forties, originally from Romania, and was known to Gardai. And, of course, that […]
Remember Ashling Murphy’s beautiful life
Most people in Monaghan, I suspect, will see right through it.