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

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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Mawkish sentimentality does not an economic policy make

The government has resorted to mawkish sentimentality about the Irish diaspora in its latest effort to salvage what’s left of the economy. Donning his shamrock and shillelagh, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore emerged from hiding at the weekend to attend the Global … Continue reading

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