Politics
-
Modest progress in the Budget isn’t enough for the least well-off
-
Posted in:
Poverty shapes abortion
A 2016 study found 43% of women using the abortion pill, could not afford to continue the pregnancy and 34.6% struggled to cover the £70 donation
-
Posted in:
Judging the Guards
During the hearing Mr Justice Zaidan told Clare Daly TD to “stand up straight”, perhaps a push too far under our delicate balance of power between judiciary and legislators
-
Posted in:
Judging the Guards
Between May 2007 and November 2009, 111 complaints about alleged Garda violence and intimidation were submitted to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, but none was upheld
-
Posted in:
Judging the Guards
I cannot accept that Ministers for Justice Shatter, McDowell, Lenihan, Ahern, O’Donoghue– and their bureaucrat minions – did not know of the taping by Garda of solicitor-client calls
-
Posted in:
Deprived of humanity and respect
Unpopularity with FF will hardly cost Leo Varadkar the FG leadership. The real threat comes from Frances Fitzgerald staking out the ground.
-
Brexit has arguably opened a debate on the constitutional position of the North but has simultaneously re-emphasised the supreme authority of the British government