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Today I read with increasing incredulity, the attempt being made by Prof. William Reville, Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at one of our state-funded universities, UCC, to say that science and religion were not so different after all.
This is one of many attempts on this island to soften up the teaching of Science [...]
Today it was reported that Ireland is now the European Leader in Foreign Direct Investment in the Life Sciences (Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, generally) within Europe. In the 12 months from June 2006 to June 2007, we attracted more Foreign Direct Investment than any other country in Europe.
For several days now the media and the blogosphere have been asking after the whereabouts of Bertie.
Fair enough you might say. He is Taoiseach and has been elected Taoiseach.
Where is Enda Kenny, though? He is the former Taoiseach-in-waiting and we are led to believe that he is the future Taoiseach-in-waiting. He is leader of the [...]
So, I bought this month’s village magazine (pictured) because the front page promised me an in-depth intelligent look at Eoghan Harris and his nomination to the Seanad.
There are indeed four articles in Village in which Harris features. All written by Vincent Browne.
I see today that the Berkeley Court and Jury’s Ballsbridge have closed for renovations. When I mean renovations, I mean they are going to be completely knocked down and a large complex of apartments are going to be built there.
The original plans were pretty massive and were vetoed by the council. I was [...]
A second Irish referendum? Eurocrats have a better idea
Dan Hannan at the Telegraph reckons the plan in Brussles is not for a second referendum but instead to parachute in sections of the Lisbon Treaty via legislation.
"Are Americans and Europeans simply more compassionate than Asians?" asks Ian Buruma. Asking why it is that Chinese and Malaysian warships are not sitting of the Burmese coast with food. Thought provoking? Or a bit prejudiced?
Jurge Habermas once argued that the EU could provide a model for a new constellation of democratic politics allowing for transcendence of national partisanship. Now he is not so sure - the EU response to Lisbon is tending towards authoritarianism
Did the Commission Lie About its Own Poll?
Openeurope asks whether the commission engaged in a little bit of number fudging in the run up to its poll being released. If it didn’t I am thinking that political leaking took place from elsewhere in the system.
but it will smell awful
