Yesterday I attended the commemoration in Dublin of the Armenian genocide. An Taoiseach Enda Kenny declined an invitation to attend. 

A number of questions have not been not clarified on the Referendum Commission’s website: The Constitution does not say that marriage has to be between a man and a woman; that is how the law defines it.

While the entire focus of the past week has centred around the SiteServ deal, a far more pertinent question remains unanswered:

The ‘no’ side says that civil partnership provides full legal protection for same-sex couples, so why do so few heterosexual couples avail of civil partnerships?

The “Yes” campaign is creating the impression that the proposed referendum is a tidying-up exercise which will ensure something called “marriage equality”. However, the proposal to ascribe non heterosexual relations the same status in marriage is by far the greatest civilisational change to introduce by legislation.

In relation to the referendum on same-sex marriage, it’s worth making the point that we don’t owe our existence as a species to ideologically-defined ‘equality’ but to sexual complementarity, a relationship or situation in which two or more different things improve or emphasise each other’s qualities — this has been the basic defining characteristic of marriage in all major societies throughout history. Sexual complementarity, by definition, exists only between men and women.

While the proposed Constitutional amendment is being promoted as being abut ‘equality’, there’s another question to be decided on May 22.

By the age of 32, Michael Collins was old enough to lead the armed struggle against the British, old enough to participate in the subsequent treaty negotiations in London, old enough to serve as finance minister and acting head of Government, and old enough to die in uniform.

A general practitioner in Salford, Manchester, has been told he must not diagnose children with so-called ‘Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder’, (ADHD) and must refer them to a qualified consultant instead. He was allegedly ‘treating’ children against NHS guidelines.

A general practitioner in Salford, Manchester, has been told he must not diagnose children with so-called ‘Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder’, (ADHD) and must refer them to a qualified consultant instead. He was allegedly ‘treating’ children against NHS guidelines.