In 1982 Eileen Flynn lost her job. The reason for her dismissal was that she was pregnant, unmarried and the father of her child was a married man. Eileen was a teacher in a convent school in New Ross and the school asked her to resign and said it would given her 3 months pay. […]
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So WordPress 2.5 is uploaded and I’m having a play around the blog. I’m really liking the new blog technology – you won’t see anything different – yet. But the dashboard and layout for writing blog posts is really good. I’m in an uber nerdy mood at the moment. Don’t worry I’ll get back to […]
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Expect a lot of talk about Hillary and her foreign policy experience this week. Especially on Northern Ireland. (And very little discussion on how much experience Obama actually has as is the way in this Campaign that he can do little wrong.) Her website says this: She has continued to advance peace in Northern Ireland […]
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From my reader and other web plunderings… 3,000 women a year forced into marriage in UK, study finds 140 women have died in violent circumstances in Ireland since 1995 – 88 in their own homes. The Door was launched yesterday in ‘Ringsend to commemorate them. TCD’s new Science Gallery hosts an very interesting installation from […]
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The Marriage Equality initiative was launched yesterday, I’ll have more later in the week on the issues raised by the campaign but I have some immediate thoughts and questions. The Civil Registration Act amendment move is one that has been called for before and it would be good to get an answer from Government that […]
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