Thorny women’s rights issues means all is not rosy in the garden
Well why not, given the week that was in it, and the fact that Mr Trudeau is clearly trying to get his head around how our reproductive rights have evolved.
I know, I know, it’s way too easy to have a go at the annual Rose extravaganza — a bit like shooting fish in a barrel. But you don’t have to be a social scientist to recognise there is an interesting link between our national lovely girls competition — a winner chosen as the embodiment of Irish womanhood — and the way women in Ireland are held not to be responsible enough to decide whether they wish to continue with a pregnancy or not.
