In September, in a case known as Truchon v Canada, Quebec Superior Court Justice Christine Baudouin declared parts of both the federal and provincial laws on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) unconstitutional. Her judgement struck down the requirement in Canada’s euthanasia laws that death be reasonably foreseeable before euthanasia could take place. On Monday, the Canadian […]
On Saturday, more than three weeks will have passed since the General Election, and Ireland still has no obvious Government in sight. It is now expected that the next attempt by the Dáil to elect a new Taoiseach may not take place until the end of March. Yesterday, Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín noted the somewhat […]
Two Harley Street doctors have been suspended ‘after mistakenly removing the vagina of a transgender patient without consent’; in what is thought to be a legal first in Britain, the case involved a ‘man, who was transitioning from a woman’, who was left “distraught” after the irreversible gender reassignment procedure’; the anonymous patient ‘had agreed […]
I am wondering what to do with my copy of a 2003 photograph of Mary Lou McDonald standing next to the statue of Nazi collaborator Sean Russell in Fairview Park. The picture has possibilities. Not that either Fine Gael or Fianna Fail had the wit to grasp the possibilities during the election. But I have […]
One-time New York mayor Michael Bloomberg’s bid for Democrat leader has suffered a setback as a female former employee claimed she had signed a non-disclosure agreement after the billionaire media mogul ‘responded to news of her pregnancy by saying “kill it”’; Sekiko Sekai Garrison, 55, ‘also accused Mr Bloomberg of saying “Great! Number 16!”’ – […]
Between 5pm and midnight this evening, while you were enjoying your pancakes, two flights arrived at Dublin Airport from Milan, Italy. A third arrived from the southern Italian city of Bari. A commercial flight usually carries between 150-200 passengers. In other words, about 450 people arrived into Ireland from a country where thousands of people […]
I don’t vote Sinn Féin and I imagine I never will, but I shouldn’t need to post that disclaimer before pointing out how utterly ridiculous it is to compare the public rallies the party is hosting to the Nazi marches in Nuremberg. Making that comparison, and warning darkly about public gatherings amounting to “a campaign […]
One of the great arts of spin is to ensure the dominant question of the day is that which you alone have the perfect answer to. Sinn Fein’s artful capacities in this regard have been to the fore since the election verdict. The party has correctly claimed that this verdict was a desire for change […]
If you’re like me, you may have felt chills the first time you watched the 1999 movie “The Sixth Sense”. Without revealing the superb twist for those of you who have not watched it, the film revolves around six-year-old Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osmont) whose mother thinks he is disturbed. Psychologist Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) […]
Last week, Marks & Spencer issued a series of apologies to a “transgender non-binary” shopper, over what they called a “mistake”. 30-year-old Myla Corvidae, who is biologically female, but uses “they/them” pronouns, was reportedly turned away from using the male changing room by a member of staff, who informed “them” that the changing facilities were […]
A woman with Down Syndrome has launched a unprecedented case against the UK government because she says the abortion law discriminates against babies with disabilities by allowing abortion up to birth where a range of conditions are diagnosed, including Down Syndrome and cleft lip. 24-year old Heidi Crowter says the current abortion laws amount to “downright discrimination”, and […]
The American Democratic Party has something of a dilemma, as its primary season to select a candidate to take down Donald Trump kicks into high gear: Do they want to select the candidate best placed to beat Trump, or do they want a candidate who says everything they want to hear? Do they marry the […]