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Ireland says Hello to the Frankenstein-Potato Genetic modification risks dangerous unintended consequences By Frank Armstrong “Ireland could have its very own Cane-Toad-moment if Teagasc has its way. “The simple equation contained in Leaving Certificate Biology textbooks: Genotype + Environment = Phenotype no longer applies” In 1935 Scientists from Queenland’s Bureau of Sugar Experimental […]
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Pádraig Ó Ríordáin, a partner with Arthur Cox solicitors, is recent governments’ go-to lawyer for finance and now aviation. After a seven-month search by Fine Gael’s scrupulous Minister for Transport, Leo Varadkar, the appointment, over the becalmed Christmas period, of high-flyer Pádraig Ó Ríordáin to the role of chairman of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) […]
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Village’s 2012 list: Party politicians, international economic overseers and people who have earned respect. We asked an informed and not unrepresentative group to contribute a list of who they think are the most influential people in Ireland; and to rank them.
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To be saved, abandon hope. Irrational hope is the mortal enemy of resolve, as it blindsides us to our existential predicament. By John Gibbons
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Village Magazine, June 2011: Despite malpractice and unlawfulness, Carlow planning boss merely shifted sideways. Minister Hogan decides against even appointing inspectors in national planning review. By Michael Smith
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The new issue of Village Magazine (April 2012) is in shops from Saturday 24th March. This is a 96-page issue, including an 18-page special on the Mahon Tribunal report, with analysis by Frank Connolly, Michael Smith, Elaine Byrne, John Gormley and others.
