Written by jlawless on January 6th, 2010
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Before we allow too much distance behind us, I wanted to pen a few thoughts on the year gone by, and the political highs and lows, as seen from my (quite openly subjective) perspective. As a practising Fianna Fáiler my comments will reflect mainly on government / party fortunes during the year but I will try [...]
Written by Veronica on January 5th, 2010
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The UK Independent has a long tradition as a campaigning newspaper. When it adopts a position on any issue, it tends to overstate the risks; like a typical redtop, but less crude and with more panache, style and analysis to back up its assertions. Like all newspapers, it’s best to approach the Independent with a [...]
Written by Veronica on January 3rd, 2010
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Want to make a guess Dermot Ahern’s first thoughts on opening his pile of Sunday newspapers this morning? “Irish atheists are revolting!” may be the least of it. The campaign by to reverse the “silly and dangerous” blasphemy law, which came into force on 1 January 2010, is spearheaded by writer Michael Nugent, chairman of [...]