BEN SCALLAN: The government, having been utterly defeated on the turf ban, are now maintaining absurd whiffs of the policy simply to safe face and prevent a Green mutiny.
The Government’s biggest remaining strength is that it remains the only viable alternative in the public mind to Sinn Fein and Sinn Fein’s “radical change”. But it is not loved, for that. It is resented.
Full retreat.
Historically ignorant
Sexual offences are up 175% since 2008, and rapes have doubled since FG got elected in 2011.
Reality check.
The government has predictably been saved by the decision of “dissident” Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil TDs Joe McHugh and Marc MacSharry to vote against the Sinn Féin motion of no confidence on Tuesday. MacSharry resigned from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party in September last year and supported a no confidence motion in Simon Coveney […]
Is our health service better after Leo’s long years in office? Are waiting lists shorter? Are taxes lower, or higher?
This isn’t a simple matter, at least not morally.
WATCH: Fine Gael Senator Regina Doherty says there are 9 genders, and that women shouldn’t worry about biological males in changing rooms because men can already attack women everywhere else in society. @Ben_Scallan reacts.
RSE curriculum.
Who knows the Constitution better?