At the first conference of Stakhanovites in November 1935, Stalin declared to his audience that “Life has improved, Comrades. Life has become more joyous.” For himself and the thieves, psychopaths and rapists in his inner circle, it certainly had. For the millions living in abject poverty and those struggling to survive the aftermath of the […]
If there is a word to sum up the political zeitgeist in Ireland over the past decade, it must surely be “compassion”. The 2010’s were the decade when official Ireland set out, flanked by an armada of well-funded NGO’s and supported by a media thirsty for change, to right the wrongs of the past. In […]
During an otherwise sleepy Thursday afternoon Dail debate on the 2021 Commencement Order for the Dumping at Sea Act 1996, several rather explosive pieces of information were put on the public record. It was by no means original information mind, given that the issues involved have been thrown backwards and forwards since Brian Lenihan […]
A fascinating clip from the United States, over the weekend, which should raise real questions about the management of Covid in Irish nursing homes: https://twitter.com/ZacBissonnette/status/1360982497769775104 In Florida, says that state’s Republican Governor (and, by the by, future Presidential candidate), Ron DeSantis, the medical experts told him that if he kept patients from nursing homes in […]
The job of An Garda Siochána, just like any other police force, is to maintain public order, and to investigate crime. The definition of a crime varies from country to country. In Ireland, for example, soliciting the services of a prostitute is illegal. In Ireland that’s a crime – in the Netherlands, by contrast, it’s […]
Statues are big news these times. Beginning in the United States, any memorial that could be even tenuously connected to some form of racism became fair game for the iconoclasts of the ultra-left. That quickly extended to attacks on Christian churches in Chile and other countries. Apart from a half-hearted fuss about the Seán Russell […]
According to the wedding website theknot.com, February 14th is actually not the most popular day to get engaged; that day is December 25th, Christmas Day. However, Valentine’s day is up there in the top 5 for the ultimate romantic gesture. Valentine, the 3rd Century Roman Christian who tied the knot for piles of young couples […]
A lovely, neat little bow to stick on top of the entirely stupid row about whether Mr. Martin should go to Washington: They might not even want him: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said this evening that she has a “special place in my heart for the Irish” but she could not confirm whether […]
A little microcosm of the way the state spends your money, here. At this link, you’ll find a tender document issued by Mayo County Council, seeking a person, persons, or company to author an “LGBTI+ inclusion strategy” for County Mayo. There are a few notable things about the document. First, and most oddly, for a […]
You could be forgiven for thinking the first two lockdowns have failed. They have not achieved what they were for. We were told they would protect the HSE from excessive demand, and prevent deaths. Now with recent rises in hospitalisations and deaths, a third lockdown to control the virus is attempted. Last year officials in […]
An essential trip to meet Joe Biden?
Yesterday Leinster House hosted yet another festival of virtue signalling or what was billed as a debate on the Labour Party’s proposal to pursue a “national aggressive suppression strategy” to bring about Zero Covid. This is something many experts believe is impossible – and in any event is that not what the much heralded vaccine […]