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Victoria White

Post-truth society needs to know difference between fact and gossip

Post-truth society needs to know difference between fact and gossip

Once gossip takes the place of factual news you are marking time until your democracy collapses, writes Victoria White.

Thu, 24 Nov, 2016

Survivors of abuse deserve far more than a ‘deafening silence’

Survivors of abuse deserve far more than a ‘deafening silence’

Kerry Lawless warns that only media pressure will force an appropriate response from the Church of Ireland, writes Victoria White.

Thu, 17 Nov, 2016

Donald Trump

Donald Trump won because the liberal elite forgot the uneducated poor

Donald Trump was handed the presidency by Barack Obama, who failed to reverse policies of inequality, writes Victoria White

Thu, 10 Nov, 2016

If Trump is elected the fault will be US’s love of ruthless individualism

If Trump is elected the fault will be US’s love of ruthless individualism

If the worst happens, don’t blame the FBI or the Russians. Blame capitalist individualism, writes Victoria White

Thu, 03 Nov, 2016

$With no established industry, let’s ban fracking before it begins$

With no established industry, let’s ban fracking before it begins

It is estimated internationally that 6% of the wells the frackers bore through the rock will leak, writes Victoria White.

Thu, 27 Oct, 2016

When it comes to childcare, Ireland is closer to America than Europe

When it comes to childcare, Ireland is closer to America than Europe

Two-thirds of crèches nationwide have vacancies... 20,000 cots and tubby chairs which need to be filled, writes Victoria White

Thu, 20 Oct, 2016

This budget incentivises behaviour that damages babies and toddlers

This budget incentivises behaviour that damages babies and toddlers

I will fight until I am a toothless granny against the full-time institutionalisation of babies and toddlers, writes Victoria White.

Thu, 13 Oct, 2016

Support children rather than hand a wodge of dosh to every corpse

Support children rather than hand a wodge of dosh to every corpse

The bereavement grant of €850 was abolished in 2013 but some politicians are cynically clamouring for its reintroduction, writes Victoria White.

Thu, 06 Oct, 2016

I’ve changed my mind — ‘Open Libraries’ are the way to go

I’ve changed my mind — ‘Open Libraries’ are the way to go

An automatic locking system and a “radio frequency identification system” means it would be possible to keep libraries open out of hours, every day of the year, writes Victoria White.

Thu, 29 Sep, 2016

Katherine Zappone’s childcare plan prices stay-home parents out of market

Katherine Zappone’s childcare plan prices stay-home parents out of market

The argument for the policy is that government should not discriminate between parents in paid work and parents at home, writes Victoria White.

Thu, 22 Sep, 2016