Monthly Archives: April 2012

Irish abortion law: women treated as insentient incubators and instructed to grin and, literally, bear it.

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

IF Labour is wondering why its support has suffered a vertiginous drop since last year’s election it need only look to its TDs’ shameful contributions to last week’s Dáil debate on abortion for answers. One by one they got to … Continue reading →

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We’ll seek retribution over nation’s debt legacy if we want to, St. Bruton

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Have you heard the good news? Finally, one of our wise elder statesmen has discovered the cure for what ails our nation. You can forget your tribunals, criminal investigations, court cases, and convictions. No, that due process stuff is seriously overrated. … Continue reading →

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ABC v Ireland judgment, and its likely implications on abortion law in Ireland, explained.

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

I recently wrote an essay on the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) and the likely impact of the A B C v Ireland case, concerning the three Irish-based women who went to the European Court of Human Rights claiming … Continue reading →

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Traditional media need to invest in content to face future with confidence

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

Why is it that traditional journalists, when asked to review new media, invariably begin with a ubiquitous, “well, I don’t use Twitter myself but …” before launching into a sneering tirade decrying it as a cyber hellhole populated entirely by … Continue reading →

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