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When Ibrahim Al Sabe reached Eftalou beach, on the legend-suffused island of Lesbos in Greece, he was soaking wet, but indescribably happy to be alive. The engine of the rubber dinghy, carrying 45 Syrian refugees, had stopped working five times during the four-mile journey. The boat started to fill with water and almost went under. […]
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By Dr Ruth Barrington The Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 was passed in April this year. When it is commenced, the legal landscape for families in Ireland will change dramatically. From Treoir’s perspective, the guardianship provisions are the most significant and are the subject of this article. It is likely that the guardianship provisions […]
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By Ruadhán MacEoin. Irish-Army soldier, fisherman, truck driver, horseman, horticulturalist but above all campaigner, Dominic Dunne was many men during his tragically curtailed but eventful life. He has died after a very short illness. It was typical of Domo’s mischief: his friends thought he was 55 but in fact he was born in 1954. He […]
By John Gibbons There are some products, notably tobacco, that are only tolerated because they have been around for a very long time. These days, no one in their right mind would expect deliberately to bring such a toxic product to the market in western countries and to be allowed to promote and sell it […]
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By John Gormley It didn’t take the political establishment long to adapt to the outpourings of public sympathy for the refugees. The initial limit of 600 was quickly upped to 1,800 when Fine Gael spokespersons were asked about the numbers of refugees that Ireland would accept. Not to be outdone, Labour leader, Joan Burton, mentioned […]
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By Michael Smith A recent article in Village, ‘Obesity obeisance’ (June 2015) suggested Ireland was in the manipulated throes of a spurious fatness ‘epidemic’ contrived by industry machination, junk science and twenty-first-century angst. The article was an example of truthiness, a righteous gloss on truthfulness – minus the core ‘truth’ element; and thankfully a number […]
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By Sinéad Pentony A real plan for reducing inequality is needed as we approach Budget 2016 and this is what Anthony Atkinson offers us in ‘Inequality: What Can Be Done’. Inequality is not inevitable, he states, and the process of reversing the trend of growing inequality requires political engagement and concrete steps. This conclusion is […]