“Caution must be the watchword here”, we heard on RTE Radio One yesterday morning, as the nation’s beleaguered leader took to the airwaves with RTE’s own Claire Byrne to discuss, amongst other things, the great national re-opening plan. Reading that opening paragraph, you might think that it was the Taoiseach who told Claire Byrne that […]
We were told, weren’t we, that repealing the 8th would make this a better, more caring, more compassionate country – especially for women. Three years since the referendum that’s certainly not the case. Last month, a heavily pregnant, homeless woman was beaten so savagely in Dublin city centre that she lost her baby. That pregnant women are homeless […]
Our housing policy is a mess from left and right. Time to put people first again. Housing is a central issue for any society. Ensuring that people have somewhere to live, and that where they live is of tolerable standards, is fundamental to any viable community. How to provide it is one of the most […]
No, seriously now, what were they thinking? The Bourne Election has just been released @DeirdreConroyIE @JohnLahart @lichamber @NiallCollinsTD @NiamhSmythTD @Fiona_Kildare @MarcMacsharryTD @PaulMcauliffe @cardagh @fiannafailparty #TeamDeirdre #ByElection2021 pic.twitter.com/LetEurASXz — Jim O'Callaghan TD (@OCallaghanJim) May 23, 2021 As a piece of political communication, the only redeeming feature of this video is that it is so bad that […]
The young woman was desperate to get into university. She had chosen a science course, and felt it was grossly unfair that she would be judged on her ability to write essays which would go towards her Leaving Cert points. Writing was her only weak point. Plus, she had a social life! As a veteran […]
Creid é nó ná creid ach tá lucht na meán, a bhraitheann ar tháille do cheadúnais teilifíse le maireachtáil, ag déanamh beag de Chaitlicigh is a gcreideamh arís. Tar éis scige Nollag RTÉ in ar léiríodh Dia mar éigneoir agus is an Mhaighdean Mhuire mar íospartach éignithe tá an cuma air anois go bhfuil TG4 […]
Teachers are being advised to introduce transgenderism to children in Junior Infants in new guidelines from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) and the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO). The NCCA have also told teachers of Junior and Senior Infants (where children are typically between 4 and 6 years old) to tell schoolkids […]
The Culture wars are currently raging across a number of different battlegrounds in the Western World, against the backdrop and sometimes intertwined narrative of the Covid-19 Pandemic and the variable responses to it. In recent weeks, Sport in all its forms has become embroiled in the Transgender debate including but not limited to the comments […]
Before we get to the meat of this article, let us begin by noting this moment of remarkable arrogance from the Health Minister: “The Health Minister said it’s “distasteful” that legal firms are already planning on suing the State on behalf of patients whose data has been breached. “I think it has been a little […]
Life being what it is, all of us will endure suffering, loss, grief, and hardship at some point during our time in this world. Very few of us, thankfully, will ever know pain like that suffered by Andrew McGinley. To lose one child is a cause of unimaginable grief. To lose three, and to lose […]
Family structure has a significant and consistent relationship with adolescent behaviour, with poorer outcomes for those in lone-parent families or families that experienced separation, according to a new report from the ESRI. The ‘Risk and Protective Factors in Adolescent Behaviour’ Report examines the role of family, school and neighbourhood characteristics in (mis)behaviour among young people. It […]
Irish politicians have long been amongst the worst sufferers in the world of that great political pandemic: do-something-itis. When ever there is a crisis, something must swiftly be done, to demonstrate to the public that the politicians understand the crisis, and have a plan. Last night, just days after the public outrage about investment funds […]