The rise of Facism

The rise of Facism

The rise of Facism and immi­gra­tion as its fuel OK. In order to go for­ward, some­times we have to take a step back. Let’s go back 10 years. Feb­ru­ary 2016. Imag­ine I’m talk­ing to you then, with a list of pre­dic­tions about the next decade. First: Farage wins the...
Goodbye Maxi, but how many more?

Goodbye Maxi, but how many more?

Dun­dalk said good­bye as it laid one of its finest to rest this week. I knew Maxi. Who didn’t? Words, in verse and song, have paid right­ful trib­ute to our love­able rogue, a man who encap­su­lat­ed the soul of our town like few oth­ers. Maxi was as strong as he was...
What is wrong with #israel….?

What is wrong with #israel….?

This is not a post where I angst about the lat­est atroc­i­ty in #Gaza, or the #West­Bank, or Israel or South Lebanon where Irish peace­keep­ers are increas­ing­ly in dan­ger. There are plen­ty of those posts on this and oth­er pages. This post is about some­thing...
The ‘none of my business’ law…

The ‘none of my business’ law…

Cather­ine Mar­tin is under attack. She was asked at a press con­fer­ence ‘what is a woman’ and she said the ques­tion was not rel­e­vant. She could have said that a woman is a human per­son who choos­es to iden­ti­fy as a woman. Maybe she didn’t think of it. Maybe...