Council of Europe

Feminism, Quotas and Why Men Need to Man Up

Johnny Fallon on August 14, 2015, 3:06 pm

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Whining. It’s something that bugs me a lot. People who find all manner of excuses for why they are not getting what they want. We live in an age where if you even have a robust conversation with someone they immediately accuse you of being threatening or intimidating. I remember when there was a lot of debate about men getting in touch with their feelings. I remember people praising Paul Gascoigne for crying after England lost in Italia ’90. Now, …

Dail Eireann “system is too complex and contains rules that are not mutually compatible…”

Mick Fealty on November 21, 2014, 5:56 pm

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The Council of Europe is a Strasbourg based international organisation concerned with the development of legal and judicial structures in member countries. It is not part of the EU, and its recommendations are advisory rather than mandatory. There’s a report out today from one of their programmes flagging up some concerns about corruption in Ireland the details of which are well worth considering. Interesting, it praises the increasing transparency of the parliamentary process. That’s not to say that some inside the …