Mark Simpson | Gay people don’t need marriage Mark Simpson has a great article on why gay ‘marriage’ is not needed. All that is required are ‘nationally recognised same-sex civil unions with the same legal…
Monthly Archives For April 2009
Index on Censorship " Ireland: religion doesn't need protection
Index on Censorship ” Ireland: religion doesn’t need protection While religious beliefs are, we should admit, probably more dearly held than any other set of ideas, this cannot in itself be a reason to place…
Ben Goldacre | Swine flu and hype – a media illness
Ben Goldacre | Swine flu and hype – a media illness Goldacre says that the science that is being reported in the media as part of the Swine Fever epidemic is not wrong – it…
Are FG’s FairCare Proposals a Boon for Private Health Insurance?
After Fine Gael announced its recent FairCare proposals for health service reform I contacted ILR contributor Dr. Gerry Burke, consultant obstetrician & gynaecologist in Limerick’s Regional and Maternity Hospitals and a vociferous campaigner against co-location…
An Irish lesson for the Middle East? | open Democracy News Analysis
An Irish lesson for the Middle East? | open Democracy News Analysis Tom Griffin: “Does the Irish peace process have lessons for the Middle East? Many of the key players in the Good Friday Agreement…
April 29th Afternoon: The Recession Diaries
Do you remember why the Government introduced the emergency April budget? Rising unemployment? Collapse in economic growth? Mass depression over the weather? Let’s refresh our memories: ‘Without this supplementary Budget the general government deficit would…
Crime of blasphemous libel proposed for Defamation Bill
Crime of blasphemous libel proposed for Defamation Bill The John Waterisation of Irish legislation is complete: “Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, the court may issue a warrant authorising the…
Uri Avnery | A Little Red Light
Uri Avnery | A Little Red Light Uri Avnery has a little red light flashing in his head which warns that the prominence of Avigdor Lieberman, the current Deputy Prime Minister of Israel and a…
David Harvey | The Urban Roots of the Fiscal Crisis
David Harvey | The Urban Roots of the Fiscal Crisis Webcast of a David Harvey lecture which tries to answer the questions: "How many fiscal disruptions over the last thirty years have been urban/property led?…
Do Not Panic: Kill All Mexicans!!
Is no wonder the swine flu is spreading. His mask have holes in!!! Hola everybody. I espect you have both been reading about the appalling pandemonic which is taking place in Mexico where they have…
ei: Norway gov't, banks investing in settlement construction company
ei: Norway gov’t, banks investing in settlement construction company "Norwatch, the Norwegian financial watchdog, reported at the end of March that the Norwegian Government Pension Fund had invested $850,000 in Africa-Israel Investment Ltd. last year….
Tomgram: Nick Turse, Hungry and Without Options in New York
Tomgram: Nick Turse, Hungry and Without Options in New York "In 2007, even before the current financial meltdown hit, approximately 1.3 million New Yorkers depended on soup kitchens and food pantries. A poll by the…
April 27th Morning: The Recession Diaries
Ronan Lyon has written an instructive post on the ‘Thorny Issue of Teachers’ Pay’. So useful, in fact, that it was highlighted on Irish.economy.ie and in the Sunday Business Post. And boy has it stirred…
Wallets Full of Blood: Zombie Banker Blues
Following February’s Wallets Full of Blood: Houses on the Moon, there is now another installment in the tale of zombies stalking the dead Republic. WALLETS FULL OF BLOOD: ZOMBIE BANKER BLUES WALLETS FULL OF BLOOD:…
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