Bessborough – We Must Know What Lies Beneath…. I grew up only a short distance from Bessborough Mother & Baby Home, or as it was known locally “the Sacred Heart Convent”. When I was a lad, it was spoken about, publicly at least, as a place where kindly nuns took in girls who had “gotten…
Scouting Ireland v Tusla – Rooting out the Bad Guys.. Minister for Children, Katherine Zappone, can’t do right for doing wrong, it seems. I’d hate her job, for sure. I also don’t think I’d like to be a scout leader or a scouting volunteer this week, after hearing the contents of a letter she read…
Is Resignation the Answer, or Does it Just Pose More Questions? I got into a spat on Twitter over the weekend with a public policy analyst over the new National Childrens Hospital. We got off on the wrong foot, and having apologised for my contribution to that, I invited her to come on The Opinion…
To tax, or not to tax…That is the question Well, actually, it isn’t. Everybody has to pay their way. We know this. The problem lies in just how much tax we pay, and at what rates. I am well paid for my work on 96FM. I won’t lie about it; I earn a very nice…