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July 13, 2013

Conscience

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 […]

July 6, 2013

Abortion on Demand

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 […]

June 29, 2013

Banker Boys

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 […]

June 22, 2013

Guantanamo Prison

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 […]

June 15, 2013

Big Brother

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 […]

June 8, 2013

The Great Gatsby

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 […]

June 1, 2013

Crèche Control

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 […]

May 25, 2013

Militant Islam

This week we were treated to a taste of militant Islam on the streets of Woolwich, London, when a couple of young Islamic radicals hacked an off-duty soldier to death with meat cleavers in the middle of the day. What made this attack different from other terrorist attacks in the UK was that the attackers […]

May 18, 2013

Low Standards in High Office.

As a bit of comic relief this week we had the pot calling the kettle black on our national talk show called “Primetime”. The participants were Independent TD Mick Wallace who was fighting for justice and Minister for Justice Alan Shatter who found himself in the dock! The subject was the apparent writing off of […]

May 11, 2013

Plastic Money

I once worked for a company who’s Financial Director often said that if he was going to steal from the firm it would a huge amount – no petty thieving for him! The global ATM robbery which came to light this week would have been what he had in mind. The sheer scale of the […]

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