Personnel changes will bruise a lot of egos, hence Mary Lou's interview

Recently Mary Lou McDonald gave an interview praising the IRA campaign and suggested that she might have participated in the campaign of murder and mayhem that we all endured for 30 odd years.

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There’s a tendency common with many political commentators to run with the hounds instead of stepping back from the affray to gain an overview, and their opinion deserves to be challenged.

What awaits humanity in coming decades is far worse than Covid

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25 May, 2020

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Doubt and confusion over abortion provision being deliberately spread

21 May, 2020

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Success of face masks is guaranteed if they become mandatory

20 May, 2020

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‘Ourselves alone' is a meaningless phrase in the modern world

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