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George Morrison
March 8, 2014

Vladimir Putin

There has been a ruthless progression in the career of President Putin whereby he has now a firm grip on all the levers of power in his native Russia. He has been in the news this week for ramping up his efforts to obtain “independence” for Crimea. The Russians are famed for their skill at […]

March 1, 2014

Scottish Independence

The UK Cabinet made the unprecedented step this week of meeting in Aberdeen. The Prime minister was flown by helicopter to an Oil Rig in the North sea to make a speech In favour of a “NO” vote in the Independent Scotland election on the 18th September. Meanwhile the Scottish Cabinet in waiting met nearby […]

February 22, 2014

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country whose loyalty is torn in two between Russia in the East and the EC countries of Western Europe in the West. Since independence the old alliance with Russia have left 30% of the population speaking Russian. The President, known to the Protesters as “The Criminal”, comes from the Eastern part which […]

February 15, 2014

Surveillance

How do you prevent those charged with keeping the law from being a law unto themselves? Answer, you appoint an Ombudsman. As least that is the theory but does it work in practice? Designed to handle complaints about the Garda from the public, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) found themselves in a difficult position […]

February 8, 2014

Winter Olympics

The 22nd winter Olympic Games opened this week in the Russian town of Sochi. Build over the last seven years on a piece of marsh land President Putin, who has links with the area, drove the project to its successful completion. It was a herculean task to get the job done. The final bill of […]

February 1, 2014

Holocaust

There are some things that humanity should never forget no matter how strong the desire is to forget them. The 69th annual Holocaust Memorial, which was held this week in many countries, is one of these things. The Third Reich’s genocide of Jews living within their territories cost the lives of 5,500,000 and should never […]

January 25, 2014

Robert Burns

This being the birthday of the Scottish National Bard it is fitting to reflect on some of his qualities which have immortalised his work in many countries. Two centuries since his death have not lessened the relevance of his “love poems” or his stirring lines on behalf of democracy. “My love is like a red, […]

January 18, 2014

Children as Commodities

This week RTE broadcast the design and delivery of twins from India to Ireland. The surrogate industry was explained to us in an hour long programme bringing us up to speed with the new technologies of our “brave new world”. Seán and his partner Fiona had been seeking a child for 5 years and spent […]

January 11, 2014

Word or World

In a recent speech in Edinburgh Mary McAleese our former President `outed` the Scottish Cardinal O’Brien who had resigned, apparently when some priests threatened to expose him, last year. Mrs McAleese had the naive idea that the Cardinal should have held his ground and thus show support for the many gay priests in the ranks […]

January 4, 2014

Why Doesn’t God stop the Trouble?

Why do bad things happen to good people? The cry rings out again and again. It’s not fair! They have suffered enough! This week the cry was picked up by a Journalist whose father-in-law was burned out of his home on Christmas Day. As fate would have it the poor man was in the shower […]

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