The Middle Eastern mess is caused by the usual imperial suspects, and their agencies
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Do You Treasure Island ?
The NPWS report made no mention of the licence restrictions to firewood, or of the prohibition on removal of oaks. It never referred the fellings to the Forest Service, the licensing authorit
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Take the spat out of spatial
Time for consensual but disciplined balanced regional development through a long-delayed new National Planning Framework
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In which Denis gets himself sued
The report contained little that was new, castigating once again the dominant position held by RTÉ and by Denis O’Brien
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Banks to love
The ten new public banks will not be owned by shareholders, their sale will be impossible, they will have a ‘public mandate’ and they will be limited to their own region
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Poverty shapes abortion
A 2016 study found 43% of women using the abortion pill, could not afford to continue the pregnancy and 34.6% struggled to cover the £70 donation
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Trustworthiness
Village Magazine, Issue 49, October 2016 Editorial Village’s agenda remains as always: equality of outcome, sustainability and accountability. Defeated Democrat US Presidential contender, Bernie Sanders, thinks in these terms but his Democrat vanquisher Hillary Clinton is ideologically vague, compromised, jaded and ultimately conservative; and her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, is post-ideological/narcissistic with no interest in […]
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Judging the Guards
During the hearing Mr Justice Zaidan told Clare Daly TD to “stand up straight”, perhaps a push too far under our delicate balance of power between judiciary and legislators
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Judging the Guards
Between May 2007 and November 2009, 111 complaints about alleged Garda violence and intimidation were submitted to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, but none was upheld
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Judging the Guards
I cannot accept that Ministers for Justice Shatter, McDowell, Lenihan, Ahern, O’Donoghue– and their bureaucrat minions – did not know of the taping by Garda of solicitor-client calls
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Deprived of humanity and respect
Unpopularity with FF will hardly cost Leo Varadkar the FG leadership. The real threat comes from Frances Fitzgerald staking out the ground.
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Brexit has arguably opened a debate on the constitutional position of the North but has simultaneously re-emphasised the supreme authority of the British government
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The new rate of €193 will still be €11.30 below the maximum working-age payment made in 2009; and €102.70 for 18-24s
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Oxfam: hypocrites or pragmatists?
Instead of managing their own shops, charities contrive private subsidiaries, which then donate their annual profits back to their parent company as ‘Gift Aid
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McLoughlin Healy pointed to the voting record which showed the vast majority of her motions were seconded by her colleagues before this, with none supported afterwards
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McKinseygalitarian
I’m talking with TDs and Senators across the political spectrum who are flying. This Dáil provides them with the opportunity to make progress
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Endangered
Before the Budget officials’ nerves were frayed, not by the budget, but by the minister’s date with PAC about Project Eagle
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Endangered
Fine Gael in government was determined to protect its law and order credentials no matter what the cost to its public-service