Jimmy Savile BBC report parallels with Catholic church scandals
Janet Smith's report on Jimmy Savile has found no evidence that senior managers knew of his crimes. Of course, this is...
Crime
HSE foster home scandal
It takes a lot to silence a parliament and frankly it takes a lot to silence me, but this story...
Litvinenko murder for Dummies
The KGB murdered their former colleague Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 using Polonium-210 because he was an honest cop who crossed Putin. It's...
Giving birth reduces trauma of rape, says farmer on Vincent Browne show
I'm just going to leave this here without comment. A farmer on the Vincent Browne show, opposing abortion, explains to women...
Toothache versus death. Six thoughts.
I was feeling fairly miserable. Pretty sorry for myself. Decidedly self-pitying, with a horrible toothache as I drove home after...
Escobar – Narcos Season One
I don't know what it was. It could have been the busy weekend, it could have been laziness or it...
ISIS – why killing your soul is worse than killing your body
ISIS is destroying Palmyra. It's systematically taking the ancient city to pieces, with no regard for history or tradition, and...
Former Cardinal Sean Brady still minimising role in Brendan Smyth sex abuse scandal
You have to hand it to these old bishops -- they don't give up easily. Even when faced with facts...
Berkeley Balcony Disaster
Six young people are dead and seven more are in hospital, some with injuries described as "life-changing". The balcony these kids...
Crowdsourcing a country song — the Ballad of Randy Howard
I don't mean this to sound in any way disrespectful to the late Randy Howard, country singer and songwriter, but...
