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Stacking Up
The Stack family were satisfied that the meeting had led to some closure about their father’s murder. That was until the general election
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The Irish media and national politicians are facilitating cover-ups of a range of issues – from the issues missed by feeble tribunals to Sugarman, Ansbacher, CRH and planning in Donegal
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Ireland can be Germark
I have been leafing through the Global Youth Development Index 2016 published recently by the Commonwealth Secretariat, London. It deals with the all-round wellbeing of people aged 15 to 29 in 183 countries inside and outside the Commonwealth. It measures the general condition of that national cohort using five criteria: Civic participation, Education, Employment and […]
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Unclaimed Future
Claiming Our Future was ‘waked’ on 10th December in Tailors Hall in Dublin. There was a good attendance, some sadness, and, as ever, a bit of deliberation. It was felt the deceased had had a good life and that longevity was never the appropriate ambition for such a creation. It had a potential that was […]
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Legal Change
Organisations that support victims of domestic violence have been calling for many years for legal reforms to offer greater protection for victims. Victims of domestic violence who are not cohabiting, or do not have a child in common with an abusive partner, are not eligible to apply for court safety orders. Even where they are […]
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Genderisory
This November marks the second anniversary of my successful gender equality case at the Equality Tribunal against NUI Galway for its failure to appoint me to the post of Senior Lecturer. It was hailed as a landmark case and should have been a call to arms, not just for NUI Galway, but for all third-level […]