Budget 2024
“It is a matter for the courts.”
It is fascinating to observe a species that is conscious of its impending extinction but also trying to prevent it. Are human beings the only ones capable of self-consciousness? Are radical individualism, hubris and egomania found in other creatures of kingdom Animalia? That is a delightful topic for a long-winded, well-lubricated after-hours discourse. Knock yourself […]
St. Ultan was the Bishop of Ardbraccan, near Navan, in Meath in the seventh century. His feast day is the 4th September. His life and death is recorded in most of the Annals and in the Martyrology of Aengus. Ardbraccan (Irish “Hill of Breacan”) is an ancient place of Christian worship taking its name possibly from a […]
The Nagi model is inspirational.
Repeat offenders
This is an excerpt from the introduction to Lost in Trans Nation: A Child Psychiatrist’s Guide Out of the Madness, the latest book by American psychiatrist Miriam Grossman. When I graduated from medical school, I took an oath. I stood up, raised my right hand, and vowed to prevent disease whenever I could. At the time, […]
Mothers in Ballybrack, County Dublin say they are concerned for the safety of their community after learning that 60 male asylum seekers are to be moved into the area.
Adolescents are particularly prone to the effects of social contagion, largely because they are particularly susceptible to the effects of peer influence.
“It is never too early to start talking to children about relationships and dating.”
Immigration and housing
‘predatory men’