One of the few things that growing up in Monaghan fails to instill in a person, sadly, is any great affinity for boats, or the sea. My own experience on the Ocean extends no further than once having been permitted by my wife to captain a pedal boat on an overseas holiday. It ended, alas, […]
The notion that biological relationships mean nothing must be rejected
Just more divisive talk
When it comes to corporate tax rates, Ireland may soon be forced to pick between 100,000 job losses or guarding our international reputation. Which will the government choose? The situation has been described in a new submission to the Department of Finance by the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Ireland (or CCAB-I). https://twitter.com/agoodall4/status/1437722098357649416 In a […]
There are a couple of interesting things about this story, and what they might tell us about Ireland. By far the most interesting thing, though, is how the numbers break down. Traditionally, in American polling, it is easy enough to understand where support and opposition to a President’s policies come from: His own party backs […]
This, make no mistake, is very good news: The number of people in hospital with Covid 19 has fallen below 300 for the first time in a very long time: https://twitter.com/MountainAsh2020/status/1437558992969076740 Good news, though, should also prompt some soul-searching. After all, it was not supposed to be like this: In a letter sent by the […]
Alana McLaughlin served as a man in the US Army Special Forces
The real question here is not, in truth, “could he win”, so much as “why on earth would he want to run for the job in the first place?”. Nonetheless, he told the Irish Independent at the weekend, he is not ruling it out: “I’ll see what state I’m in in 2025. At the moment, […]
How fortuitous for Micheál Martin that on Sunday, the Mail on Sunday should publish a highly ill-advised and mean-spirited column by somebody called Niamh Walsh, which took aim at the clothing choices made by the female members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party at their think-in last week. Make no mistake, the article in question […]
Perhaps nothing symbolised Ireland’s protracted Covid lockdowns more than the ubiquitous horse box. For long the symbol of provincial backwardness in Ireland, Covid saw the emergence of the improvised horse box cum coffee outlet. Suddenly, no urban space was complete without its own chic equine-themed coffee outlet dispensing lattes and the like to Ireland’s most discerning […]
It is perception that matters most in the arena of contemporary consensus politics
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