Taoiseach Simon Harris distances himself from a letter in which President Higgins gave the Iranian regime his “best wishes”, saying the letter is not government policy: “We have fundamental differences with Iran, and I’ll always continue to call out their human rights abuses.”
Perhaps now that their itch for international prominence has been sated for a while, they might do something about crime.
It’s just funny, and entirely stupid, that they’re taking so long to make a dumb mistake that they are determined to make, but could make tomorrow all by themselves.
It is very hard to overstate what a lucky country Ireland is in geographic political terms
For climate exposed countries
There is protest, there is symbolism, and then there is childish student union politics without thought to diplomacy. Not the for the first time, from Holly Cairns, this only fits one of those categories.
“The Department, in conjunction with the NCSC, will continue its investigation.”
“You’re obsessed with hate speech”: Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin bats away a question by Ben Scallan about whether calling for the destruction of Israel would count as “hate speech” under his bill. He added: “I’m not interested in the legislation.” #gript
Blabbering nonsense in our national parliament demeans us all.
On a whole range of issues, Irish people should come to realise that the more powerful the EU becomes, the less it will “speak for them”
“Unprecedented pressure”
Once again, Ireland’s entire NGO and media establishment have shown themselves only too content to look the other way.