Author Jude Collins

Capitalism and consumerism are inextricably linked in our society. Capitalism is an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and the creation of goods and services for profit in largely unregulated markets. Consumerism is the cultural orientation that leads people to find meaning, contentment, and acceptance through the consumption of goods […]

            When my younger sister was studying Medicine in the 1960s one of her tutors was Eamon de Valera  (son of the then President of Ireland).   Incidentally, the younger  Dev had been Consultant Gynaecologist at the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin’s Holles Street when I was born there in […]

  Many parents still value a Catholic education, but too few teachers are willing to provide it.Should faith be taught outside school? Keir Starmer wants all Labour candidates to ‘fly the flag’ on St George’s Day. So that’s Starmer, Harris, Trump – three big flag men. Mmm. And abortion – is it OK to say […]

    During the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921) both the Soviet Union and the Irish Republic were facing strangulation by a common enemy, Britain, and co-operated with each other for a while. But when Britain withdrew her forces from Russia the latter country no longer needed Irish help. When, shortly after the 1601 Battle […]

      Is Hamas so silly that when seizing Israeli prisoners to trade them for Palestinian prisoners held by Israelis that they would then rape, abuse  and murder the prisoners?   It seems to me that the Israeli regime has such contempt for the intelligence of the rest of mankind that it expects us […]

The Stardust inferno, in which so many young people lost their lives, has finally produced a satisfactory inquest which shows that the source of the fire was probably an electrical fault. The horror happened in a working-class area of north Dublin in 1981. If it had happened in south Dublin in a  middle-class area, would […]

  The attack on the Iranian Consulate by the Zionist apartheid regime on April 01 2024 was a blatant act of war. Under international law every diplomatic embassy is protected under article 51 of the Geneva Covention 1961. The Iranian embassy in Damascus,Syria is deemed to be Iranian national territory, thereforean attack on the embassy […]

  The late Fr Des Wilson, who taught for almost 20 years in St Malachy’s College, used to tell a story about a former student in the 1950s. By all accounts, he was a serious student interested in Latin, Greek and philosophy. One day in the 1950s on his way home from University he was […]

Barry Cowen of Fianna Fail is thinking of running to become an MEP. If he runs and succeed, Micheal Martin will be rid of him in domestic politics – BUT, he will then face a by-electopm for Cowen’s seat, which he may lose. Rock and hard place? On RTE radio  on Sunday morning, Derryman Jim […]

 Gavin Robinson and Mervyn Gibson were asked the same question on separate occasions in recent days, and both produced the same brisk answer . The question was “Have you been in contact with Sir Jeffrey Donaldson since he was charged?”  Both immediately said “No”. And that was that. So much for any  concern, let alone […]