The issue of the genital mutilation of young girls in non-European cultures is rightly considered to be a key human rights issue that needs to be addressed. It has become a massive problem within European states, including Ireland, due to the arrival of large numbers of people from those cultures. It also, as we shall […]
They’re at it again. Fianna Fáil spokespeople are being trotted out this morning across the airwaves to make the case that now would be a very bad time for an Irish general election, and that it would be better for everyone if the Government – which Fianna Fáil says is useless – stayed in office […]
On Thursday 24th October 2019, the Government launched a public consultation (the “Consultation”) on hate speech laws in Ireland. As part of this Consultation the Government confirmed their intention to consult with members of the public, academics and groups who have experienced hate speech either “personally or seen, read or heard” what they consider to […]
Dawn Butler, Labour’s shadow secretary for women and equalities, takes equality seriously, in a speech to the PinkNews Awards, she defended “the teaching of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues in schools”. That is stale news for the media. But Ms Butler extended the ambit of her claim to include giraffes and made headlines. Giraffes? […]
What we used to all have in common was that (1) we were human, and (2) we all would eventually leave this earth. There will soon be a third common denominator for humanity: all of us, unintentionally, intentionally or even just by merely by existing, will have offended what Dave Chapelle refers to as ‘the […]
A criminologist says that almost anyone who lets his curiosity get the better of him could become an abuser Child pornography seems to be exploding, abetted by the internet. Jeremy Prichard: A small point on terminology. Many jurisdictions have moved away from use the term “child pornography” because of the potential for normalizing the content by […]
If you had a good weekend, and headed off somewhere, then it is very likely that you did not see the news over the weekend that the Sunday Business Post published a new opinion poll on the state of the parties, with probably less than six months to go until a general election. If you […]
When I was in college I shared a student apartment with four other guys. One of them had a particularly annoying habit of returning to the digs every Sunday evening and clearing out his section of the fridge straight into the bin. Each week entire unopened packets of ham, cheese, or tubs of butter etc […]
It may take many generations to realise the damage that ‘Medical Aid in Dying” will do Professor Margaret Somerville taught medical law and ethics for nearly 40 years at McGill University in Canada. Few people are better qualified to comment on Canada’s embrace of euthanasia. ******** After having spent most of your professional life in […]
A leading professor describes experimental sex-corrective treatment as one of the biggest scandals in medical history Extreme medical treatment for children with gender dysphoria is not just a problem in the English-speaking world. In Sweden, too, there has been an explosion of gender dysphoria. In 2003 only about ten children were diagnosed; in 2018, there […]
It’s often been said that climate alarmism has all the trappings of a conspiracy theory. It’s an idea that is held with such cult-like devotion, that no amount of contrary evidence will ever persuade its devotees that they might be wrong. It doesn’t matter if their predictions fail constantly; they are so wedded to their […]
Yesterday, two thugs attacked and robbed a woman at gunpoint in broad daylight in the centre of Dublin. It’s a far too regular occurrence. You go online or read the paper and there’s an article about yet another random act of violence where someone was stabbed or beaten up on a night out, at a […]