Irish – Deshocks

Make that empathy work

It’s been a strange week. I read an article in the Irish Times yesterday in which the journalist Michael Harding professed his shame and horror at being Irish, after the awful news broke about Savita Halappanavar. I think we all felt a little bit of that last week. To see him criticised on social media as [...]

2012-11-22T16:08:24+00:00 November 22nd, 2012|Categories: Opinion|Tags: abortion, Enda Kenny, Friday, Health Service Executive, Ireland, Irish, Irish Times, Michael Harding, Savita Halappanavar|

Gobsmacked

In the last 24 hours, I have heard three different people say: "I'd hate to live with a Chink. They smell, you know." "His children? [referring to well-known Irish man of mixed race] You'll find them in the zoo." "He's foreign, but he's gorgeous. It's ok, I checked, he's not Polish." Edit: Is this [...]

2011-06-02T12:59:16+00:00 June 2nd, 2011|Categories: Opinion|Tags: cultural, ethnicity, institutional, Ireland, Irish, multiculturalism, racism, society|