The first week of December, and the life and the career of poor Micheal O Leidhin have vanished over the event-horizon of Ireland’s tortured sexual politics. The status of women as permanent victims of predatory males has been affirmed, not least by women judges, and the abject silence from the media confirms that journalistic self-interest trumps the far greater journalistic obligation to seek and speak the truth. To recap. O Leidhin was lying in bed with a woman whom he […]
A recent post of mine that alleged that John Hume had been caught in a honey-trap attracted the following tweet from David Davin-Power, formerly of RTE. “I like Kevin Myers, but the honey-trap slur – introduced without evidence, attribution or context – is redolent of the tactics of Sinn Fein and those he despises. It is actually contemptible.” Well now. He didn’t say the allegation was incorrect or untrue, because he can’t. He simply says it’s a “slur”, whatever that […]
The Minister for Defence Simon Coveney recently announced during a visit to the Middle East: ‘I am acutely conscious that, since 1978, the Irish Defence Forces have become an integral part of the community of this part of south Lebanon. This is exemplified by the humanitarian activities with which the Defence Forces have been involved in …for many years, including support to the orphanage at Tibnin, medical clinics run for local people as well as support provided towards water distribution […]