Catherine Connolly TD has hit out at politicians taking aim at Irish neutrality, saying they want Ireland to be a voice for “war and death.” The comments were made this week during Leaders’ Questions, amid the ongoing debate around Irish neutrality. “My question relates to our neutrality,” said Connolly. “APPALLED AND WORRIED” “I refer to […]
The European Parliament has voted to put economic sanctions on Poland as the country struggles to accommodate 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees. Poland – one of the EU’s poorest countries – has accepted 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees in two weeks since the Russian invasion began. The number of Ukrainian refugees entering Poland rises to 1.52 million […]
You know that our country is in a bad position when we’re in the midst of a major crisis, and the people in charge think that key words mean the precise opposite of what they actually mean. This week, amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Defence Minister Simon Coveney decided to tell the Dáil […]
If there is a chance to bash the west or Israel, then her concern for the starving children of the world can be set aside, happily enough.
Anyone who knows anything about the Titanic disaster will be familiar with the phrase “women and children first” – also known as the Birkenhead Drill. Today we’re all quite familiar with this concept – it was, obviously, a code of conduct from the 19th century onward for maritime disasters. It was expected that, if lifeboats […]
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has said that Ireland is “already” experiencing food shortages due to the rising costs of fuel and farming equipment. The comments were made this week during a press event about the ongoing energy crisis. “There’s talk now of growing wheat, said McGrath. “I’m a mixed farmer. We grow wheat and barley, […]
Do the families offering this accommodation know what they are signing up for, and for how long?
What matters is not how much gas you extract, but how much gas you burn.
Pharmacies across Europe have run out of iodine tablets as people panic-buy in anticipation of a potential nuclear conflict. The development comes as fears grow that the conflict in Ukraine could escalate to a hot war between nuclear-armed Russia and NATO. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the heavy Western sanctions leveled against his […]
The fact is that once again, the Irish Government has made a fairly big and emotional commitment to people without considering, even for a moment, the practicality of their plan.
With the digitalisation and globalisation of the world, we now have countless companies who have truly global power. Power which, we have just discovered, they are willing and able to deploy for explicitly political goals.
Let cooler heads reign