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I get a stark reminder of the war in Ukraine as I pass the back entrance to our excellent Highlands Hotel here in Glenties, which has a section accommodating mostly young Ukrainian mothers and their kids.
Bravo, President Michael D Higgins, who has brought clarity regarding the UN with the following words: “It is unable to stop war, it is unable to end famine, it is unable to stop conflicts, it is unable to manage migration and it will be saved by countries like Ireland who have no other aim or ambition than to have a safe, sustainable and peaceful world.”
The news that the most successful manager of the Irish women’s football team, Vera Pauw, has not been offered a contract extension after taking the country to the World Cup finals for the first time is mind-boggling.
I was surprised to read that the BBC had commissioned a six-part “thriller” that uses the Magdalene Laundries as a backdrop (‘The Woman In The Wall – a fictional thriller about the horrors of the Magdalene Laundries’ – Irish Independent, August 26).
The Garda force should not be a reactionary force, but a proactive force based in every community in the State. They police by consent of the people.