June, 2019

The recent election: winners and losers

Richard Nixon knew what politics felt like, both at the sharp end and at the sweet end: “Having lost a close one eight years ago and having won a close one this year, I can say this – winning’s a lot more fun.” When they bring us election results, TV cameras tend to focus on […]

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STARTLING OR GOBSMACKING REPORTS. PART ONE by Donal Kennedy

From THE IRISH TIMES 18 MAY 2019 “The Southern Taskgroup on Abortion and Reproductive Topics (START), an organisation representing 250 abortion providers, recently estimated that that they are providing between  800 and 900 abortions per month. If that figure is accurate, over the course of a year there will be between 9,600 and 10,800 abortions […]

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