Archbishop Eamon Martin has urged young Catholics to consider joining the police as a career move. Is he right? Would it improve the PSNI? Would it put the young Catholic in harm’s way?
In the movie ‘The Maestro’, Bradley Cooper plays the part of Leonard Bernstein, the famous conductor and composer. Bernstein was Jewish and Cooper wears a large false nose. Is this anti-Semitism or simply an effort to relate to the role?
Here’s a little test. Your local hole-in-the-wall has begun giving out free money – you get cash but your account remains unchanged. Would you join the queue to help yourself? And were the police right to take control and turn people away from the ATM?
Oh, and two contestants in an Iron Man competition died in Youghal Co Cork yesterday. Should such ‘sports’ be banned?
This and more, cheering you on your dreary Monday way…
The reality is that the PSNI are not welcome in most nationalist areas of the 6c. At best they are tolerated and for many they remain the enemy.