Tóibín critical
Tánaiste Simon Harris says “it’s not for me to say” whether Kneecap’s Glastonbury set was criminal.
To live in the era of liberal governance and to understand it, one must first know that ancient quote, oft attributed to Cicero: “For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law”.
Orange man good.
Reverse ferret.
Attempt to censor valid criticism
Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025.
If you want to persuade somebody that a law is unjust, it helps when that law also applies to them.
That Ireland is not a quintessentially anti-Semitic country (as I believe it is not) is irrelevant.
Social Democrats Foreign Affairs spokesperson Sinead Gibney TD this week on Israel-Palestine war: “We’ll continue to raise this again and again and again. I’ll continue to attend protests. I’ll keep getting my nails done with the Palestinian flag.”
A new, big balls energy.
Despicable