Is ‘porn literacy’ something we should be teaching in schools? If so, at what age? What is ‘porn literacy’? Is there such a thing as ‘ethical porn’? To what extent will these things be part of the planned new Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) course? For clues, we might look to Kate Dawson who is […]
On Thursday 24 October, the Government formally signalled its intention to introduce draconian hate speech legislation in Ireland. As was the case with many people, I felt a sudden alarm that our fundamental inalienable human right to articulate opinions and ideas was going to be removed, so I took to Twitter to ask people if […]
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 […]
McGuirk on Simon Harris: “There’s a fundamental question about your competence, I think, when you have devoted a year of your life in the ministry for health to rolling out an abortion service, and can’t do it. I mean, he’s failed…” Gary Kavanagh and John McGuirk rate the performance of Government ministers, giving Simon Harris […]
Billion Euro Question: Is Leo a bit hypocritical? Leo’s gaffe and the sins of government Tim Jackson’s comment on Leo’s remarks that An Taoiseach was subsequently forced to apologise for.
Sex-ed for 4 year olds? Rebecca McDaid talks to Tim Jackson about why parents are concerned about government plans for explicit sex education.
A nation in thrall to LANDLORDS again? Tim Jackson on why government policy is driving RENT sky high and also making it harder for people to buy their own homes.
PAUL Lawless says Mayo is not getting vital EU funding – because the government FAILED to apply for Ten-T funding which is badly needed and which Mayo is entitled to for development and transport. The @AontúIE candidate says Mayo is being let down by the political parties and change must come in the local elections.
Leo Varadkar acknowledges that the government is “running into real difficulties around restricting peaceful protest and restricting free speech” in regard to banning protests or outreaches at abortion centres.
Niamh Uí Bhriain of the Life Institute said that it was absolutely extraordinary that the Dáil was discussing how best to ban peaceful protests simply because abortion centres wished to maximise the number of babies being killed.
“The right to free speech and to peaceful protest are the cornerstones of democracy and it’s appalling to see so-called liberals like Louise O’Reilly of Sinn Féin seek to limit the right to people to reach out to women in crisis and offer them a better alternative than abortion,” she said. “The Taoiseach has now acknowledged that these are peaceful protests, so why are his government trying to censor its own citizens at the behest of the abortion industry?”
SECULAR BLASPHEMY? Cllr Keith Redmond says the proposal from Irish government that Facebook could request PPS numbers to register users is worrying.
Prof. Ray Kinsella says that had the Irish government handled Brexit differently we would not be looking at the costs that are being projected and imposed on us. The Irish chose to work with the EU to impale the UK on the backstop when they had other alternatives – such as telling the EU that under the Good Friday agreement Ireland could have mediated a settlement directly with the UK to minimise any trade and business frictions, the leading economist told Gript.