Outpouring of criticism
The objective here is plain: It is to reinforce liberal sensibilities, and lock those who speak a little too plainly out of civilised society.
“Nothing off the table.”
“I’m not talking about people with drug addiction.”
Simon Harris says that Ireland’s immigration system has strict rules, because the government is issuing deportation orders all the time. But this is seriously misleading – BEN SCALLAN explains why.
Follow the science?
Angered women’s groups
This is the question on which his record at the helm of the state finances must be judged.
A panicked political class is running out of alternative ideas, and when in doubt, they go back to what’s worked for them before.
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.
At the end of the year, whoever leads Fine Gael is set to take over as Taoiseach from Micheál Martin as a condition of the government coalition. Some would naturally assume that this means we’ll see a return of Tánaiste Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach, as he is obviously the current leader of Fine Gael. Varadkar […]
A body representing Irish businesses has claimed that many Irish Leaving Cert graduates are unable to perform “simple tasks,” and cannot write a paragraph of text without making significant grammar and spelling errors. The remarks were made this week by the Irish Small and Medium Enterprise Association (ISME) while speaking to the Oireachtas Education Committee […]