Darren Scully had better be expelled from FG for his comments on
Kildare FM. I listened to him.with Clem on the radio. The radio
presenter made a total idiot of him. Stupid idiot. Pregnant girls and
now “Black Africans” and other people also, I could not associate with
a racist.
Dr James Reilly is quietly doing his job. Like the Skibbereen Eagle
and the Russians, I am watching him and will keep you informed.
Coalition must look beyond public relations coups
STEPHEN COLLINS
INSIDE POLITICS: Closing our Embassy to the Holy See or crippling the
potential crown jewel in the banking sector won’t make things better
Apparently the White House referred to Christmas Trees as Holiday
Trees for the first time this year which prompted CBS presenter, Ben
Stein, to present this piece which I would like to share with you. I
think it applies just as much to many countries as it does to America
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Michael D Higgins has been very dignified throughout the campaign.
Many FG voters that I know voted for him and were happy to do so.
For Gay Mitchell, all I can say is I’m sorry for him. I know I have been there.
What is the message for Fine Gael. Firstly, I think that respecting the Presidency as a transendant office would be a good start.
Secondly, the last election result was a reflection of the public betrayal and obvious lack of competence of Fianna Fail. They just had to go and someone had to fill the gap.
The article by Eilis Ward on prostitution is in line with my opinion
which I hold strongly. It is a nonsense to interfere in the personal
choices of consenting adults in sexual matters. The blatant conflation
or attempted parallelism of human trafficking and prostitution is
disingenuous. The whole subject should be licenced and zoned. I agree
with Ms Ward on the rights of migrant workers. The issue of pimps and
protection rackets must be made illegal. But the Swedish model – I
heard some self-regarding self-righteous Swede on the radio about two
weeks ago explaining about the success of the Swedish laws. There is
one characteristic that Catholic countries have in difference to the
puritanism of fundamentalist protestants – Hypocrisy. It is a trait
worth preserving in sexual matters as it allows tolerance to flourish.
Man an tSagart and Mac an Easpaigh. Lets have some more of that. I
though Eamonn Casey was OK – Seemed normal to me. Cleary – on 98FM -
No thanks – even he was too much for me.
Prostitution law may cause harm to women
October 19th, 1993
EILÍS WARD
The Irish Times – Saturday, August 27, 2011 Going cold turkey after insanity and vanity of politics
Once the elation wears off for newly elected TDs the tedium of political reality sets in, writes NOEL WHELAN
MORE THAN 20 years ago, the RTÉ presenter and politics professor Brian Farrell used to tell his students that one of the saddest people to meet was a young backbench Dáil deputy about a year or so after he or she had first been elected.
Round 1.
The Irish Times – Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Let’s make Norway joint owner of our oil and gas
FINTAN O’TOOLE
The State is about to sign away almost all our resources on terms by
far the worst in the developed world
Senator David Norris as President of Ireland?
There are two reasons why I could not support his bid.
1. He said that he did not believe in an age of consent.
If there is no minimum age, then there can be no statutory rape as
there is no law>
2. From Sunday Inkdependent and now The Irish Times.
Michael Clifford
Saturday, July 02, 2011
THERE was no room for basic civility. When Enda Kenny stepped from his vehicle in Athlone last Monday, he saw his fellow TD, Luke “Ming” Flanagan, and approached him. Flanagan was among a large group of people protesting at the scheduled downgrading of A&E facilities at Roscommon Hospital.
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