It is time for Ireland to stop procrastinating, show some real vision, and summon up the courage to formally recognise the state of Palestine, writes TP O’Mahony.

 

WHEN I was six, I was in a children’s gospel choir. Most of the songs we sang were standards such as ‘Jesus Loves the Little Children’ or ‘He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands’ — not complicated stuff to understand.

I wish to comment on Victoria White’s sobering article (Opinion, Jan 3) — “Justice needed for the survivors of and victims of Bethany House abuse”.

Texas child welfare authorities appealed a stinging court ruling that said their seizure of more than 440 children from a polygamist sect’s ranch was unjustified, but they also agreed to reunite 12 children with their parents while the case moves on.