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Alison O'Connor

Alison O'Connor

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Budget 2017: Heavy dollop of pragmatism saw three-parent budget succeed

Budget 2017: Heavy dollop of pragmatism saw three-parent budget succeed

JUST weeks after the first baby was born using a “three-parent” technique in Mexico we’ve managed the almost similarly amazing feat of the three-parent budget here.

Wed, 12 Oct, 2016

Bruised electorate reeling from a total lack of Fine Gael leadership

Bruised electorate reeling from a total lack of Fine Gael leadership

There is an alarming militancy in the growing threats of strikes and industrial action, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 07 Oct, 2016

Burgeoning Repeal movement must allow for dissenting voices

Burgeoning Repeal movement must allow for dissenting voices

Immensely brave women such as Roisín Ingle and Tara Flynn put on the public record the fact of their own abortions. That lifted the lid in a way nothing else could have done, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 30 Sep, 2016

Hillary must be at top of her game in the run-in, or it’s President Trump

Hillary must be at top of her game in the run-in, or it’s President Trump

The clock is ticking all to quickly towards polling day and the first presidential debate with Trump is on Monday, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 23 Sep, 2016

Hardy, perennial Enda Kenny continuing to bloom even as his rivals wilt

Hardy, perennial Enda Kenny continuing to bloom even as his rivals wilt

A safe enough gambit is that Enda Kenny’s ego is telling him he is the only man for the job, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 16 Sep, 2016

Our levels of shock are inversely proportionate to number of murders

Our levels of shock are inversely proportionate to number of murders

Trevor O’Neill was murdered, shot when he was doing something that an ordinary father would do, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 09 Sep, 2016

The core issue of Apple’s ‘unpaid’ €13bn is our love of the tax deal

The core issue of Apple’s ‘unpaid’ €13bn is our love of the tax deal

As Prof Joseph Stiglitz said, the State knew what it was doing in agreeing Apple tax deals, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 02 Sep, 2016

Assembling right mix of people to discuss abortion issue will be hard

Assembling right mix of people to discuss abortion issue will be hard

How can that elusive balance be achieved with a sort of random selection? Yet how can it not be done that way either? ask Alison O’Connor

Fri, 26 Aug, 2016

A marginalised section of society ignored because of our ignorance

A marginalised section of society ignored because of our ignorance

In truth a 14-year-old male wishing to wear women’s underwear today would probably feel nowhere near as comfortable as George Hook imagines they might, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 19 Aug, 2016

Chasing rainbows is fine, but Simon Harris will need to be a fighter too

Chasing rainbows is fine, but Simon Harris will need to be a fighter too

LET’S make a decision and stick to it. That decision is to believe that our still relatively new Minister for Health is going to bring about positive and real changes in our health service, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 12 Aug, 2016