We know, because we live in a world where 80% of American men are circumcised, that the procedure does no lasting harm to the human body’s ability to function.
That this is a nonsensical law should be evident to anybody who has ever travelled inbound through Dublin Airport.
We are spending an additional €30billion annually – can a politician point to €30billion’s worth of betterment in Irish society? Is the Health Service better? Are the Gardai more efficient? Why do we still have a crippling teacher shortage?
The problem for a society without the death penalty is that it is left with only the ordinary responses to an extraordinary crime.
“A serious issue that demands immediate attention.”
Two arrests.
There will be more riots, and more discontent, and more disorder. Whether people like me condemn it or not.
John Waters is facing an eye-watering legal bill after his case with Kitty Holland
Cases that came before the courts.
Repeat.
Trying to “go straight”
Not coincidentally, it must be suspected, the new Taoiseach has pledged to sort the issue of RTE funding before the next election