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The hands of former Attorney General Paul Gallagher and of the property industry are all over the Planning Bill
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France finds another pot-bangers’ crisis
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A conceptual look at the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy
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Yes, Putin and his henchmen should be prosecuted for war crimes. So should those who led the invasion of Iraq
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So far, manifestations of difficulty include an insidious marginal judicial interest in historicism and a move away from unenumerated rights, particularly that of a general right to privacy
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VILLAGE IDIOT JULY-AUGUST RYAN TUBRIDY Privileged scion of Fianna Fáil Royalty, Tubridy never — unlike his mentor Gay Byrne — challenged authority or power structures, obsessing instead with antagonism to political correctness and, despite a self-conscious bookishness, promoting consumerism, environmental recklessness, and a culture of prizes for everyone. Not surprisingly it turns out he didn’t […]
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Charity founded by close ally of Helen McEntee, Minister for Justice, obtained €1.6 million from discredited Immigrant Investor Programme By Frank Connolly Former Fine Gael TD and councillor in County Meath, J V Farrelly, has confirmed that a charity of which he is a founder and director purchased a nursing home last year with the help […]
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“Whoever was tortured, stays tortured” — Auschwitz survivor Jean Amery. In My Fourth Time We Drowned, multi-award-winning freelance journalist Sally Hayden documents the experiences of those who flee homes destroyed by conflict and oppression. Sally Rooney’s reaction is typical — “the most important work of contemporary reporting I have ever read”. Numerous boat crossings from […]
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A conceptual look at the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy By J Vivian Cooke The Consultative Forum on International Security Policy that was held at various locations from 22 June to 27 June was an appropriate metaphor for the international security structures it discussed so earnestly. A small and select group directed the discussion […]
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The State, which has been reimbursed only €242m of the €1.5bn it has paid out, should now take only lands and buildings for Community purposes; not paltry cash By Carolin Zaniewicz and Michael Smith The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, also known as the Ryan Commission, was established in 1999. Its goal was to […]
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Ryan Tubridy’s evidence to the Oireachtas Committees displays his personal values that have also characterised his broadcasting career – sadly they, and RTÉ’s, are shallow and materialistic. By J Vivian Cooke Ryan Tubridy volunteered to give an exhausting full day of evidence to two Oireachtas committees – (Public Accounts and the Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sports […]
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The hands of former Attorney General Paul Gallagher and of the property industry are all over the Planning Bill By J Vivian Cooke The Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2022 The Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2022 attempts to bring clarity to the legal underpinnings of the planning system which are currently scattered across numerous […]
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So far, manifestations of difficulty include an insidious marginal judicial interest in historicism and a move away from unenumerated rights, particularly that of a general right to privacy. By David Langwallner This article is about dangerous trends in American jurisprudence driven by problems with the political culture of that country. The trends risk being replicated […]
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By Barry Ward No right is absolute; all rights are balanced against other rights, to one extent or another. Our free speech is constrained by defamation laws, public order legislation, public safety limitations, and a concern that free speech should not be abused to negatively impact on other citizens by incitement to hatred or violence […]
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CRH systemically flouts competition and company law with impunity. By Séamus Maye As I walked into the elegant Carlisle room at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire in April last for CRH plc’s latest AGM, many thoughts flashed through my head. Why am I here? Why have I been in Court with CRH plc […]
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In the 1990s, artists working in diverse mediums, from painting to installation, redescribed the world in the image of the “non-place”. Coined by French anthropologist Marc Augé, non-places are transitional spaces (motorways, airports, hotel rooms) found between places that are more culturally established and static. In such non-places the socially constructed identity of the individual […]
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Having promised to provide box office viewing, today’s Public Accounts Committee failed to deliver meaningful answers to important questions. By Conor O’Carroll After three hours of questioning by the Public Accounts Committee, Ryan Tubridy and his agent, Noel Kelly, emerged largely unscathed following a failure by the committee to ask direct, pointed questions that reached […]
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Drogheda and Louth Councils disgrace themselves by finding spurious legal reasons not to consider rescinding the 1997 award of Freedom of Drogneda to the former head of the Christian Brothers who has been making life difficult for an abuse victim who is suing them. By Michael Smith Brother Edmund Garvey, 73, was given the Freedom […]
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Dermot McLaughlin mismanaged Temple Bar and, facilitated by the uncontrolled Arts Council which never took responsibility for failures in Temple Bar, is now arrogantly calling out mismanagement in Listowel. By Michael Smith Temple Bar Properties converted Temple Bar into a high-rent drink-driven cultural centre in the 1990s. Its focus then moved from physical regeneration to […]
