The background to this is that MacLochlainn, who represents Donegal, is naturally enough complaining that the MICA bill does not provide enough money to fix all the collapsing houses.
Groupthink Ireland.
If you want progressive preaching and sermonising, it’s very hard to out-Bacik Ivana Bacik.
We don’t do things by halves, in Ireland – no mild experiment with Blairism for us. If we go left, we’re going to go proper left.
Deputy Cairns said that discrimination, sexism, racism “and ableist thinking” all need be actively confronted.
“Beyond shocking.”
A majority of opposition parties in the Dáil, with the exception of Aontú and the Rural Independent Group, have united to severely limit the rights of Catholic and denominational schools and to support the Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021 brought forward by the Social Democrats. The Private Members Bill would prohibit […]
“Attack on Pluralism and Diversity”
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected the complaints of several Irish political and media figureheads, after they objected to the presidential oath’s reference to “Almighty God.” As it stands, as bearla the oath reads: “In the presence of Almighty God, I, [name], do solemnly and sincerely promise and declare that I will maintain […]
Latest attack on Christian ethos
Irish politics is an immensely silly business. No wonder they leave the real decisions about running the country to Dr. Holohan, and his team.
As an instinctive authoritarian with a healthy degree of scepticism about “the youth”, let me just say this: Is it time for a second look at the Social Democrats? A Dublin councillor says a change to drinking laws, and curfews on younger people, could be a solution to anti-social behaviour. Social Democrats councillor for Howth […]