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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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]