Those who are cynical or opposed to the efforts of The Gathering should ask themselves why, says Larry Donnelly who questions what ignites such hostility to seemingly harmless endeavours like that of certificates of Irishness.
We have developed a culture that polices people’s behaviours mercilessly and where loud, vocal hatred of something is often more acceptable than liking it. Grace Duffy explores what affect this has on society.
Some fear social media because they misunderstand it or fear power being transferred from the few to the many but it needs no more or no less regulation than our existing methods, argues junior minister Ciarán Cannon.
Morgan Fuels have hit out at Orchard County GAA officials over ‘over their failure to take decisive and strategic action to stem the decline of Armagh Football’.
After Justice Minister Alan Shatter issues a statement condemning the events at the funeral of the Real IRA member, Gardaà say they are investigating the shots fired into the air but no arrests have been made.
Twitter has suspended the account of the Independent’s Los Angeles bureau chief Guy Adams, days after he criticised NBC’s London Olympics 2012 coverage.
Patrick Nulty, who lost the Labour whip last December, has said he always opposed the party going into government with Fine Gael and criticised Leo Varadkar’s comments about public sector pay increments.
Labour senator Ivana Bacik has been criticised by the pro-life group Youth Defence after she called for the Advertising Standards Agency to be given a remit to act on complaints about anti-abortion ads.
Jimmy Harte responded with insults to Twitter users who had criticised his comments on the controversial ‘Magda’ story in yesterday’s Irish Independent.
ONE OF AMERICA’S biggest child beauty pageant organisers is set to spend €20,000 staging their first-ever Irish contest in September.
The Herald reports today that beauty bosses said it will be open to “babies, toddlers and teens” and will also include a heat with kids in swimwear.
Some parents believe that contests celebrates their children’s beauty, helps them learn about camaraderie and boosts their self-confidence. While others think that beauty pageants send out the wrong kind of message to children and that the costumes and make-up involved sexualises kids.
So, today we would like to know: Would you enter your child in a beauty pageant?
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