
Michael Clarke
@michael08483429
Retired public servant, commentator on public affairs, researcher
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http://www.researchservices.ie 12-10-2012 22:36:32
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Jack Horgan-Jones: Is it time for the Social Democrats to end Eoin Hayesās purgatory? irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0ā¦. Does it matter? Iām not interested in EHās share portfolio but I canāt see him (or a Social Democrats replacement) being re-elected in DBS (where I live) Jack Horgan-Jones

Assisted dying vote is Parliamentās most shameful dayĀ @UnHerd unherd.com/newsroom/assisā¦. Perhaps the most appalling feature of the Bill is its simplistic approach to complex moral, ethical, medical, legal and political issues Yuan Yi Zhu

MAGA split over Iran strikes could be permanentĀ @UnHerd unherd.com/newsroom/maga-ā¦. It doesnāt matter if Trump loses his MAGA wing over Iran as he is not seeking re-election but it will cost Vance the election. The tariffs mess has probably guaranteed that anyway Emily Jashinsky

Supreme Court trans ruling wonāt end Americaās gender warĀ @UnHerd unherd.com/newsroom/supreā¦. Maybe not, but they will end sometime Lisa Selin Davis The Countess Sandra Adams Colette Colfer Gerard Casey gript

Starmerās legacy will be policymaking by stealthĀ @UnHerd unherd.com/newsroom/starmā¦. Quite a legacy Henry Hill

How Trump could stop the warĀ @UnHerd unherd.com/2025/06/how-trā¦. If an Afghan identity does not exist, why is Afghanistan the graveyard of empires? And have you never heard of the Treaty of Westphalia? Edward N Luttwak

How liberal cringe protected the grooming gangsĀ @UnHerd unherd.com/2025/06/how-liā¦. A sad and lamentable story. I donāt judge people on whether they are āleftā or rightā but on whether they are grounded and have a moral compass Simon Cottee

The last days of American powerĀ @UnHerd unherd.com/2025/06/the-laā¦. And yet, Trump is better than Biden, Obama and Bush 2 combined, which tells us something about the decline of the US Boston College Embassy of Ireland, USA Irish Foreign Ministry IIEA seanwhelanRTE Keith Duggan Larry Donnelly


A great turn out yesterday to save Rathmines PO, one of the few public buildings (1934) in Rathmines, Dublin. Why An Post wants to sell it is beyond me. The campaign has been led by Ivana Bacik supported by Fiona Connelly and Cllr Dermot Lacey The Labour Party Ireland Rathgar Residents Association


Itās Stephen Fry, not JK Rowling, whoās been radicalisedĀ @UnHerd unherd.com/newsroom/its-sā¦. I donāt understand why Fry would do this Victoria Smith The Countess Colette Colfer Sandra Adams Natural Womens Council Women's Space Ireland Irish Times Culture

Can Europe push Russia into recession?Ā @UnHerd unherd.com/newsroom/can-eā¦. An economic war of attrition is Europeās strategy so the actual war could go on for years Maximilian Hess Irish Foreign Ministry Ireland In The EU Embassy of Ireland in Ukraine Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment IIEA Dan McLaughlin Liam Nolan Tony Connelly Naomi O'Leary

The Nazi Heritage of Germanyās Chancellor countercurrents.org/2025/06/the-na⦠via @countercurrents. There are probably many similar stories about todayās prominent Germans waiting to be told Derek Scally

After Iran attack, the question for Trump is how it ends rte.ie/news/us/2025/0⦠via RTà Thomas Keith Thomas Fazi

The dark truth about Peter KrykantĀ @UnHerd unherd.com/2025/06/the-daā¦. This is a tragic story but also one that makes me angry. Drug addiction is not a public health issue (like smog in a city) but a personal challenge Darren McGarvey Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI)

Netanyahu has played his Trump cardĀ @UnHerd unherd.com/2025/06/netanyā¦. The US and Israel have decided that Iran must never have the Bomb, for reasons that are obvious. That is the bottom line and every other consequence is secondary to that objective Aris Roussinos


Does Labour understand the cost of assisted dying?Ā @UnHerd unherd.com/newsroom/does-ā¦. In the past, MPs would have requested this information except that they wouldnāt have had to. Extraordinary behaviour Joan Smith Laura Perrins šļø gript

Slumdog Millionaire is not cultural appropriationĀ @UnHerd unherd.com/newsroom/slumdā¦. Mixing cultural appropriation with art suggests a lack of knowledge of the latter Ralph Leonard The Arts Council / An Chomhairle EalaĆon Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Suicide bomber 'kills 22 and injures 63' in attack on church in SyriaĀ mol.im/a/14836513 via Mail Online. I thought things were settling down in Syria Archdiocese of Dublin Sally Hayden gript