Be warned, this is going to be a long article, because it’s an important article. If you’re looking for a breezy two minute read, this one ain’t going to be for you. We’ll still try to make it as quick as possible, though. There might be no more important question after all, in the context […]
Plans by development company Bartra to build a 155-bed nursing home and assisted living units in Clondalkin village continues to attract opposition. A local group Save Clondalkin Convent has attracted a wide range of support, including from local elected representatives of all parties. There were a number of well attended protests in the village prior […]
The Government’s latest set of Covid-19 restrictions appear to have, presumably accidentally, made attending a wedding, including your own wedding, illegal. The new regulation, SI 171, lists “wedding receptions” as being allowed, but it appears the Government failed to realise that the wedding ceremony, or service, and the wedding reception are actually two entirely separate […]
Rarely, my friends, has there been a better or more comprehensive advert for not paying one’s licence fee than this tweet from Managing Director of RTÉ News, Jon Williams: Agree- it’s terrific. Love to do something similar @rtenews. All it needs is for everyone who is supposed to pay TV licence to do so. Then […]
Dulce et Decorum est, Pro Patria Mori, wrote the Roman Poet Horace, at around about the time of Christ’s birth. It’s a famous Latin phrase, which translates to English as “it is sweet and honourable to die for one’s country”. In its time, the phrase was designed to encapsulate the highest form of patriotism, and […]
Every person committed to upholding Constitutional freedoms and every person of faith should opposed the Goverment’s draconian and provocative Regulation ( SI 171 of 2021) as an assault on religious freedom. Archbishop Eamon Martin has done a great service not alone to his flock but to democracy in pushing back strongly against this disingenuous and […]
Fine Gael’s youth wing has passed a motion calling for EU citizens to be able to vote in Irish elections once they’ve lived in Ireland for 5 or more years – a majorly bad idea any way you slice it. “Young Fine Gael calls on the government to hold a referendum allowing for EU citizens […]
The good news here, you might say, is that at least Paschal Donohoe seems to envisage Ireland being fully out of lockdown by 2023. He’s going to get into hot water with the Zero Covid people, who markedly do not share that assumption. But that’s sort of where the good news ends: Paschal Donohoe said […]
In recent weeks, as we’ve covered the effect of Texas lifting its facemask mandate, and all Covid lockdown restrictions, some people who are cautious about the results have said “but what if Texas is just an outlier”? It’s forty days now since the facemask mandate was lifted. Cases remain…. Stunningly low: But it’s not just […]
Irish is officially the first language of the State, but it rarely feels that’s actually the case. Despite the fact that 40% of our citizens are able to speak Irish, while 21% of people, according to the last Census, speak Irish daily outside the education system, Gaeilge rarely seems to be afforded the respect it […]
Irish political leaders today often like to think of themselves as very moderate, modern people. They clearly consider themselves to be very middle-of-the-road and balanced when it comes to their policies. As an Táinaiste Leo Varadkar himself recently said: “Speaking at the launch of a book on former Fine Gael female politicians, the party leader […]
The calculations being made by our political leaders and health officials are clear: religion is non-essential and about the same level of importance as getting your nails done.