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When Christine was 3 weeks old she was placed in the first of a number of foster homes until at the age of 4 she entered St. Vincent’s Industrial School, in Goldenbridge, run by the Sisters of Mercy. This was the year 1950. She was the daughter of 31-year-old married woman and a 20-year-old Nigerian […]

Brian O’Driscoll has seldom been out of the news this week. Riding high off his “Man of the Match” performance in last Saturday’s match against Italy his stellar career on the Rugby field surpasses all the other Irish greats from times past. He has been at the centre of Irish Rugby, in more ways than […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]