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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Odious Healy Raes belie the real scandal
Our criminal law system relies on the premise that even though you can’t absolutely prove something, no other logical explanation can be derived from the facts – and so a defendant can be found guilty, or innocent, beyond a reasonable … Continue reading
Posted in Local politics, Public Sector, Uncategorized
Tagged Culture of Entitlement, Gombeen, Healy Rae
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Pigs will fly before the DAA reforms
In March, a leaked report ranked Dublin airport 98th out of 146 international airports in a global survey of passengers – behind airports in Calcutta, Johannesbourg and Athens. There was more bad news for the Dublin Airport Authority, which controls … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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Protests in Spain, riots in Greece and heads-in-the-sand in Brussels
Hundreds of years ago, in more civilized times, virgins were sacrificed to appease the gods. Today, we’re happy to sacrifice whole countries. While sovereign nations go through the motions, and have elections every four or five years, it has latterly … Continue reading
Is it so wrong to suggest a woman could enjoy sex with her father? Yes. Yes it is.
I found this recently and it made me laugh so I thought I would post it here. This is taken from a book review I did a couple of years ago. Despite my somewhat scathing review, the book went to a … Continue reading
Brian Hayes’ break with reality
Only a special kind of politician can sound increasingly assured and authoritative the more gibberish they regurgitate. Bertie Ahern is a case in point. One could often be impressed by the ferocity of his feeling on an issue only to … Continue reading
Posted in Bailout
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Noonan and Kenny’s remarkable u-turn on interest rate cut
Speaking in early April, a triumphant Finance Minister, Michael Noonan, revealed that our EU partner’s had agreed to reduce the extortionate interest rate of Ireland’s bailout deal. In something of a coup for the new government, he said the deal … Continue reading
Wexford County Council should nominate Norris
Wexford County Council has an opportunity to do the State some service and agree to nominate David Norris for the Presidency after he addresses it on Monday. Last month, Fianna Fáil councillor Malcolm Byrne’s motion, “that Wexford County Council agrees to … Continue reading
Justice Media Awards
I am happy to, belatedly, report that I won a Justice Media Award on Thursday for an opinion piece, entitled Fast Laws Create Hard Cases, that I wrote following the collapse of the Rebecca French murder trial. A slightly edited version of the column … Continue reading
Posted in Justice, Uncategorized
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