We all breathed a sigh of relief this year when April arrived. At last the first shoots of recovery and a return to living outside a straitjacket appeared on the horizon. However, the road map out is still hazy. We […]
Read more →Eoin Meegan In 2015 the Irish government established the ‘Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters’, following concerns that a septic tank at St Mary’s Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co. Galway, might contain […]
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Last November was Transgender Awareness Month. It’s also been 15 years since Lydia Foy won a High Court ruling obliging the State to put a process in place to legally recognise the acquired gender of transgender people. (They haven’t). And at the opening ceremony
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It was during the summer when David Hill came to terms with the power of social media. The 20-year-old media and film student studying at DBS, felt it was almost compulsory for a young adult to be engrossed in all
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With the price of oil going up every day and the worsening shortage crisis worldwide wouldn’t it have been great if the powers that be had continued their research into the Lohner-Porsche Mixte Hybrid? It was the first hybrid vehicle
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West Yorkshire Police in England started a campaign which has been rolled out all over the UK and Northern Ireland. It is aimed predominantly at young males aged 18-25 and highlights the risks of getting involved in an argument or
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As far back as records go, Irish women have had more children than their sisters across Europe and today is no different, with Ireland leading the population growth league by a considerable distance. While the number of inhabitants within Europe
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The campaign to take the White House is in full swing, with President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney gearing up for the last few weeks of campaigning. Next week the candidates will partake in a series of debates that each
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Women’s rights have changed unbelievably in the last few decades. We can vote, we have choice who (and if) we choose to marry, we can get any job we are qualified for and if we want to buy a place
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Mothers: Appreciated or Taken for Granted?
The annual occasion that is Mother’s Day, which came around again last month got me thinking. Every year we celebrate Mother’s day and every year people rush to post a selfie of themselves with their mother on social media. They talk about how much they love and appreciate their mothers,
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