I am about to continue a long running tradition of mine: doing my Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve. I will be heading to Liffey Valley shopping centre shortly and will be there before the centre opens. My Christmas shopping is not a long campaign, but more of a commando operation. I know who I am… Continue reading Doing the Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve
Category: Society
“This is not who we are” rings hollow
The news over the weekend of the burning of the hotel in Galway earmarked for 70 asylum seekers later this week is an embarrassment to all of us. The cries of “this is now who we are” rings hollow. Because this is clearly what some of us are, at least. The symbolism of the act… Continue reading “This is not who we are” rings hollow
Dancing for the sake of dancing
We had our work Christmas outing last night in the Hamlet Court Hotel, Johnstownbridge. It was a “party night” affair with food, a live band and a guy playing ‘disco’ music afterwards. I noticed, once the music started, a girl on the far side of the dance floor. Because the minute the music started, she… Continue reading Dancing for the sake of dancing
A traitor to your people
A commenter accused me of being a “traitor to your people” under my latest Enoch Burke video, the one explaining Burke’s appearance in the High Court last week and being given the opportunity to purge his contempt and be released from Mountjoy prison. Burke failed to avail of the opportunity and was returned to prison.… Continue reading A traitor to your people
What Israel is doing now is unconscionable
The attack by Hamas terrorists on settlement camps in Israel a few weeks ago was truly barbaric. The taking of women and children into Gaza as hostages is unjustifiable and shocking. But what Israel is doing now in bombing Gaza goes beyond self-defence. The images on television nightly are shocking and stomach churning. Last night… Continue reading What Israel is doing now is unconscionable
Will a new Garda approach to the far right endure beyond Christmas shopping season?
The riots last week in Dublin arising from the stabbing incident in a primary school seems to have established a limit or watershed of tolerance for the insidious hate of the far right who have been emboldened in the last 12 months by inaction against their hate speech and actions. We have all seen the… Continue reading Will a new Garda approach to the far right endure beyond Christmas shopping season?
Imagine holding a 9 year old girl hostage
Imagine holding a 9-year-old girl as a hostage. Don’t worry about why or the cause of the hostage taking or the conflict for the moment. Think about a 9-year-old girl being held hostage. A 9-year-old Irish-Israeli girl. And the side that is holding her hostage has a tremendous amount of support in Ireland, if Palestinian… Continue reading Imagine holding a 9 year old girl hostage
Is the legal system in Ireland corrupt?
I published a video yesterday on my YouTube channel, “Is the legal system in Ireland corrupt?” and it has generated a tremendous amount of comment. Much of the comment I would disagree with, to different degrees. And I would expect that many of the opinions with which I might agree have not been published, simply… Continue reading Is the legal system in Ireland corrupt?
The deep satisfaction in deleting offensive comments
When you publish a lot of content on social media, as I do, it is inevitable that certain individuals will publish comments that are insulting, inappropriate, degrading etc. It gives me a great deal of satisfaction deleting such comments or simply blocking the person. I have no problem with a commenter expressing a different opinion… Continue reading The deep satisfaction in deleting offensive comments
Thanks for your kindness-a powerful act
I am often contacted by students of law looking for part time work or to get into the office as an intern. This is perfectly understandable as the student wants to see what a law office is really like and make the connection between their studies and the law in practice. I have limited enough… Continue reading Thanks for your kindness-a powerful act