Why is Bertie Ahern rejoining Fianna Fáil? Is he planning to run for Irish president in 2025? Or does he just want to do a victory lap on the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement?
Daithí’s Law – that would assume consent for use of a dead person’s organs in transplant, except it was stated otherwise – appears to hang on the actions of the DUP. They and they alone are unwilling to meet on Tuesday, elect a Speaker, pass the law and then go home. That appears to be the situation, and yet the DUP are hanging back. This is life and death stuff, for Daithí and dozens of others. The DUP are under enormous pressure. Will they buckle?
Joe Biden was heckled by Republicans during his State of the Union address the other day. Are US Republicans now as bad as some British Tory politicians?
Finally, those earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: we all feel sympathy for the awful destruction wrought by the earthquakes. But since we can do nothing about it, isn’t there a touch of voyeurism, or rubber-necking, in our switching on and sighing in sympathy but drinking it all in?
Time for your Friday ration of reason….
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