Ireland is not usually at the top of the league tables when it comes to environmentalism. In fact, we are regularly close to the bottom among our peers. We miss emissions targets, recycling targets, come close to the bottom in the biodiversity stakes and our dedication to cars and cows means we are not adapting as [...]
https://www.facebook.com/suzybyrne1/posts/10154448262102953 It’s good to talk. So say all those mental health ads running on every TV and radio station, and it’s the accepted consensus about most things these days. Except abortion, that is. When someone does talk about abortion, it’s a channel-changer, an eye-averter, and the discussion is left to the extremes on both sides, [...]
I wrote this piece for the Herald on Thursday as "lapgate" began spreading on social media. The reason I'm posting it here as well is this article by Stephen Collins in today's Irish Times. Collins is right on Dail reform but he is utterly out of step on this issue; an incident of sexual harassment in [...]
