Is that fair?
Instances of sexual assault show something is terribly wrong with society.
A husband and a dad acted
The problem, basically, is that while we may have agreed to forget lockdown, it has not agreed to forget us.
It is very, very hard to have confidence in public institutions to act fairly, and fearlessly, in the public interest when you read stories like this.
In the period before the referendum on repealing the 8th, Fianna Fáil TD Jack Chambers took some flak online for taking a pro-life stance. Things got ugly on Twitter, and the Dublin West TD eventually switched off his notifications. He supported a No vote in the referendum, but after the 8th was repealed, he voted […]
In the UK, the media reflects popular sentiment. Here, it reflects popular sentiment in South Dublin.
Perhaps the most frightening thing, if you are a Fianna Fáil partisan, is this: The party is on 15%, and it doesn’t seem to care.
Cuireadh tús leis an bpróiséas chun Acht Gaeilge a chur i bhfeidhm sna Sé Chontae le foilsiú ‘An Bille Féiniúlachta agus Teanga (Tuaisceart Éireann)’ i dTeach na dTiarnaí, i Westminister Dé Céadaoin seo caite. Mar thoradh air beidh stádas oifigiúil ag an nGaeilge sa tuaisceart den chéad uair. Gealladh an reachtaíocht seo chomh fada siar […]
Continuing his series on life in the Philippines
Assumptions.
The media are awash in stories about things like TikTok encouraging teen girls to obsess about their appearance. Yes, that’s happening, and yes, that’s bad, but phenomena like that are the merest slivers, the most superficial symptoms, of much deeper cultural changes we hardly notice. This generation may be the most heavily and intensely indoctrinated in […]