Viva la revolution.
You’re not being silenced. It’s the exact opposite.
If we want a society free of political violence – and we should – then there should be a single answer to the question “what did people expect?”
This transformation of politics in the west from a battle of ideas to a battle of competing tribes of people convinced that a single defeat will bring the end of the world as we know it is, needless to say, not a great development.
You cannot say how many homes you will need by 2030 without first knowing how many people will be in the country in 2030. The only way to get that number right – by definition – is to enact some restriction on immigration.
By eschewing debate and, indeed, democracy itself, Una is effectively arguing that the opinions of the little people should not matter.
The Irish State funds this kind of thing because it reflects the view that Irish civil servants and decision makers have of themselves, and the country: A bit of a cut above.
Data centres, much like cars, air conditioning, farting cows, home heating, air travel, global shipping, and making anything out of wood, are fast becoming a bete noir for Ireland’s climate movement, summed up by an official denunciation of the fast-growing sector in the pages of the Irish Times yesterday, penned by Una Mullally. Here is […]