The British Prime Minister made a speech on nuclear waste and nuclear energy last night. In the height of arrogance in dealing with the Irish republic, he decided to approve another generation of nuclear plants in the United Kingdom. This morning the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, made the same …
Monthly Archive
for: ‘May, 2006’
We Test Cars for Safety, but is it Time we Retested Drivers too?
One of the reasons for bad driving is that once one has passed the driving test at 17, there is absolutely no compulsion on one to keep up to date with any of the rules of the road… There is a case for testing people regularly as the time of their driving tests becomes more …
Trinity Announces New Fellows and Scholars
Marking the beginning of the Annual Trinity Week, two new Honorary Fellows, 16 new Fellows and 64 new Scholars were announced by the Provost, Dr John Hegarty, surrounded by the Board of the College.
Archbishop Robin Eames is an Unsung Hero of the Battle against Paramilitarism
I wish to pay tribute to Archbishop Eames who has announced his plans to retire. It must be immensely frustrating to be a clergyman in Northern Ireland where the only weapons one possesses are words to be used against the weapons of action used by politicians and the real weapons used by paramilitaries. Archbishop Eames …
A blind Donkey would have Made More Money than the National Pensions Reserve Fund
The National Pensions Reserve Fund has been inexplicably bad in the past year and a quarter. In the last three months, it is very difficult to understand how it only increased by 5.4%. The majority of its investments are in the stock market. Stocks in the Pacific Basin increased by 5.7%; stocks in Japan increased …