Outpouring of criticism
Training to happen “on European soil.”
“The real danger facing this country, according to the government, is people on the internet saying things that Irish politicians disagree with”: Ben Scallan on the government’s new plan to stamp out so-called “misinformation.”
Flip-flop?
As to the argument about personal freedom, well, forgive me if I don’t fall off my stool laughing.
Irish politicians talk all they want about democratic principles. But what do people’s votes really mean if leaders don’t keep their political promises? Ben Scallan comments.
BEN SCALLAN: Amid ongoing protests in East Wall, here’s how the Irish government has orchestrated the current asylum chaos.
‘Nervous’ about legislation
“Putin wants these types of issues to arise in societies.”
The policy will have to change. Or, in time, the people will change the policymakers.
Once again, the voters just don’t seem to make any sense.
Sometimes, the need for comforting national stories outweighs the need to face the possibility that the story is wrong. We were all in it together.