Columns - Irish Examiner

Victoria White

Autism is in your genes and isn’t something that can be taken away

There is no ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to autism as every child has a different constellation of disabilities, writes Victora White

Thu, 25 Aug, 2016

Sending kids west for Irish school pays lip service to the language

Victoria White argues that the Irish language is presented to students in a time warp.

Thu, 04 Aug, 2016

Post-Brexit, ‘Observe’ play shows Ulster has indeed grown lonely

Frank McGuinness sees redemption for a province in the context of union with the rest of Ireland, writes Victoria White

Thu, 28 Jul, 2016

Turkish democracy deserves our support, not our condescension

It drives me absolutely bonkers to hear the buck-ignorant bigotry which people are coming out with about Islam in Turkey, writes Victoria White.

Thu, 21 Jul, 2016

To end atrocities like Nice we must first accept what drives them

In an update to her weekly column, Victoria White, argues that we can never come to the beginning of the end of atrocities such as Nice if we don't understand that Bastille Day doesn't mean the same thing to many Arabs as it does to the French.

Fri, 15 Jul, 2016

TDs wring their hands and use women’s bodies for political gain

If we legalise abortion, the only arbiter of when it is accessed must be the pregnant woman, writes Victoria White.

Thu, 07 Jul, 2016

Thatcher was catalyst who pushed UK towards their split with Europe

She was a closed-minded bigot who because of circumstances rewrote the script of an entire nation, writes Victoria White

Thu, 30 Jun, 2016

European unity is necessary to promote peace and save Syrians

The whole European project is fundamentally about stopping mothers of young children being killed in the streets, writes Victoria White

Thu, 23 Jun, 2016

We can’t let the 'Cookie Monster' and fear control us, for our kids’ sake

Eamon Cooke has put a face on our irrational fear of the man in the white van, writes Victoria White.

Thu, 16 Jun, 2016

You try applying for asylum with no internet and no passport

Ireland has received just one family and blamed ‘low take up’ on refugees who had not wished to complete the first step of applying for asylum, writes Victoria White.

Thu, 09 Jun, 2016