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Emmanuel Macron has returned to the scene of one of his early triumphs, soon after his election in 2017, when he argued the EU was “too weak, too slow and too ineffective”.
I once convinced a Kerry music shop owner to risk jail for contempt of court by selling me a banned Christy Moore album.
Ellen Coyne yesterday reported on the lack of regulation around counselling services for people experiencing crisis pregnancies (‘‘Rogue’ crisis pregnancy agencies have targeted 15 women, department says’, Irish Independent, April 23).
Few people noticed last week that we were teetering on the brink of total war between Israel and Iran amid a welter of international appeals for calm.
As the political situation in the Middle East continues to escalate, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu shows no signs of tempering his hardline stance.