We are now at the point where not only are criminals being released for lack of room, but where many aren’t going to prison in the first place.
The whole affair is a bad advertisement for making friends in Fine Gael.
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Hope that peace is possible between Israelis and Palestinians is vanishing, but it has not died
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‘Fundamental right’
Were it simply the position that Gardai had the discretionary power to grant immunity from deportation, that would be one thing.
A smart Russian would look at Ireland and see a country relatively friendly to the west, on good terms with the Americans, and with absolutely negligible counter-intelligence capabilities, and ask a simple question: Why change what works for us?
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Ultimately, a ceasefire requires a major concession from Israel – but what concession does it require from Hamas?
The Peter McVerry trust is illiquid, not insolvent. It should be forced to take its losses, sell some property, and learn its lessons.