Matt Damon is a Hollywood actor probably best known for his role as Jason Bourne in the blockbuster series of action thrillers where a former CIA assassin (who actually seems like a really decent guy) impresses with his lethal skills and his ability to outwit a vast array of enemies. Jason Bourne is bad-ass. There’s no doubt about […]
Sometime, next year, your doorbell will ring. You’ll go out, in your pyjamas, hoping that it’s not someone important, and be appalled to find an official looking fellow with a suit and a clipboard, and, of course, one of these new mandatory facemasks. “Oh no”, you’ll think. “I totally forgot to pay the TV license”. […]
Timely and relevant, one might argue, given events in this jurisdiction over the past 24 hours: MADISON – The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down Gov. Tony Evers’ order shutting down daily life to limit the spread of coronavirus — marking the first time a statewide order of its kind has been knocked down by […]
It’s a time for questions; answers not so much. Some questions are personal and come more from a sense of entitlement than obvious deprivation. My version of the above might substitute Belgrade for Paris because I have two young grandchildren there and like many grandparents at this time, there is a sense, as weeks grow into […]
Every year thousands of people are brought before the Irish courts for failing to pay their TV licence, of which several hundreds are sent to prison – a hugely disproportionate number compared to the UK. In the 1920’s, entertainment-based broadcasters took the first hesitant steps toward the wireless revolution, but nations across the world imposed a […]
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties is not as uniformly committed to civil liberties as its name suggests. For example, it is, actually, firmly in favour of restricting your civil liberty to speak your mind on a range of controversial subjects with so-called “hate speech” laws. It does not think, for example, that somebody should […]
The porn industry is a deeply misogynistic and exploitative business which uses women to make money, lots of money, mostly for ruthless, creepy men. The same could be said for the abortion industry which profits men, in every sense, by exploiting women in crisis – but which has managed, with the help of financial backing and an […]
This week the name of this place we live in caused a bit of a political stir. The Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar called Belfast members of Fine Gael, “overseas members” and a former Tyrone football player referred to Tyrone as “Up here in the UK”. But the truth is the names used for Ireland do matter […]
Cardinal Henry Edward Manning was a convert from the Anglican church to Catholicism and was ordained Archbishop of Westminster in 1865. He was a strong supporter of social justice within the teachings of the church and was a key influence on the Papal encyclical Rerum Novarum issued by Pope Leo XIII in May 1891. The […]
It’s a relatively slow news day, so it might be worthwhile to attempt an explainer at something that’s probably going to feature a lot in American news over the next few months as we barrel towards the quadrennial carnival of stupidity that is an American Presidential Election: OBAMAGATE makes Watergate look small time! https://t.co/vW19NbYXw6 — […]
Instinctively, there are two things that come to mind with a story like this: First, lock them up and throw away the key. 23 #Buzzards #poisoned with banned neurotoxin #Carbofuran in Co. #Cork. The biggest #WildlifeCrime ever documented in the State. This required a strong and prompt response from the National Parks @josephamadigan @DeptAHG @gardainfo […]
Data from several studies indicates that surfaces remain unsafe for longer periods, with the implication that refrigerated plastic food packaging could carry a greater amount of Coronavirus than other surfaces. Broadly speaking, Western health authorities, as well as the mainstream media, have supplied a rather straightforward public health message on dealing with potential sources of […]