I am told that the first of the 12 steps recommended by Alcoholics Anonymous is to “admit that you have a problem”. It’s not, I imagine, the simplest of things to do, and as such when somebody does stand up and admit to having a problem, they should be applauded.
I therefore applaud the BBC:
“The director general of [...]
Rarely will you read a more depressing, sobering piece than this one by Kathy Sheridan in this morning’s Irish Times. If you haven’t done so already, read it first before you come back here to read the rest of this post.
This piece, while brilliantly written and deeply moving, is unfortunately little more than the annual [...]
What’s that sound you hear? Why, it must be the wailing and grinding of teeth coming from the Vatican, where they will doubtlessly have read Patsy McGarry’s article yesterday about the forthcoming “Mass Boycott”:
“AN 80-YEAR-OLD woman is organising a one-day boycott of Sunday Mass “by the faithful women of Ireland” next month. Jennifer Sleeman from [...]
Somewhere in the business plan for the Paper of Record, I suspect that there is a clause which demands that Ivana Bacik be given space to write a load of nonsense once every six months or so.
Today, the good Senator’s allegedly formidable mind is on the subject of gender quotas. It’s a must-read.
You see, “our [...]