It costs €90,000 a year to keep a prisoner in jail. The Old Triangle is a fund-raising event for the Irish Penal Reform Trust. You might also want to read Prison should be last resort for all categories of offender, in which Liam Herrick, executive director of the Irish Penal Reform Trust points out that [...]
Ich am of Irlonde, And of the holy londe Of Irlonde. Goode sire, praye ich thee, For of sainte charitee, Com and dance with me In Irlonde. Anon. (14th century) It inspired Yeats, of course. ‘I am of Ireland’ I am of Ireland, And the Holy Land of Ireland, And time runs on,’ cried she. [...]
In an age where business dominates our governments and writes our laws, every technological advance offers business an opportunity to impose new restrictions on the public. Technologies that could have empowered us are used to chain us instead. With printed books, •You can buy one with cash, anonymously. •Then you own it. •You are not [...]
Here we go again. First our fossil fuel resources, now our forests. Have these people no shame or sense of history? Taken from the Sunday Tribune 30th Jan 2011 Diarmuid Doyle – Bertie is out of public sight but it’s never been more important to keep an eye on him…. Timely, because Ahern cannot yet [...]