Impunity
George Morrison
The ink was scarcely dry on the journalist’s article outlining a couple of cases where crimes had been committed with impunity when the news broke on Thursday of the collapse of the Planning corruption trial. Following a Tribunal which took 12 years and a trial which lasted 4 weeks the chief witness for the prosecution […]
Conscience
George Morrison
The voice of conscience, so seldom heard in the land, rang out this week in the Dail debate on abortion with the resignation of four TD’s and the junior minister Lucinda Creighton. The latter took her time to reflect on the amendments which were instigated but eventually fell on her sword over the inclusion of […]
Abortion on Demand
George Morrison
The goal of the Liberal Agenda, to have abortion readily accessible, is likely to take a step forward this coming Wednesday. The news all this week has been focussed on who would join those who have already voting against the Bill. Four TD’s already have, contrary to the party whip, resulting in their immediate expulsion […]
Banker Boys
George Morrison
The ability to shift vast sums of money around the globe has made the modern banker look like a croupier at the gaming tables of an expensive casino. There is important distinction however, the casino has some rudimentary rules which if broken result in immediate sanctions being applied to the transgressor. The modern banker, on […]
Guantanamo Prison
George Morrison
The publicity surrounding the pre-trial hearings of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-styled planner of the September 11th 2001 attacks, has raised the question of justice again. Taken from his native Pakistan in 2003 he has spent the last 10 years locked up. His fate was shared initially with 460 prisoners but their number has reduced […]
Big Brother
George Morrison
In a week where Obama asked Xi Jinping to curtail Chinese cyber espionage and allow freer access to the internet it has been revealed that the US is tapping into our phone calls and emails! The American public have been reassured that “nobody is listening to your calls” which may be reassuring for the folks […]
The Great Gatsby
George Morrison
There is nothing like a mystery man to whet the imagination and Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, which reached our cinemas this week, does just that. Jay Gatsby’s origins are unknown. The source of his wealth is unknown. His occupation is unknown. How he came to throw these […]
Crèche Control
George Morrison
The first time I came in contact with the word “crèche” it referred to the practice of Eider Ducks in corralling their chicks under the supervision of two or three mothers. The chicks had made an arduous journey to the sea, dodging marauding foxes, stoats and weasels and were left together in a tight group […]
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