“Hopping, Jumping Snacks.”
“You’re really not being clear, Minister. I’m asking you a simple question.”
“Children were beaten and humiliated on a daily basis.”
Is there anything to be said for another consultation?
In modern democracies, political offices are just one of a whole series of interlocking institutions that wield political power. Capturing one of them is not enough. There are no shortcuts.
Which came first? The Catholic Church? Or the people? The latter, surely: nowhere else in Europe was the Catholic Church given such power by democratically-elected governments.
We are supposed to treat accused people with the presumption of innocence – or in other words the presumption that they have been wrongly accused.
New NCCA specification.
Despite all the best efforts of politicians, journalists, authors, and cultural figures to show the world that Ireland has changed, the world refuses to much notice, or care.
Education Minister Norma Foley says that further “medical advice” is needed before it can be said whether a child under 16-years-old should be able to change their gender and go on hormone blocker.
There’s a fine line between “brave and principled” and just flat out weird.
Ironically, in this case, phones in schools is actually a pretty good example of why Government shouldn’t interfere with the small stuff: