For the average member of the Irish political, media and NGO complex there are several political issues in Ireland which need to be addressed urgently.
There is the burning need to introduce more stringent hate speech laws, a topic which seemed dormant until Taoiseach Simon Harris resurrected this prospect last week. There is the race to institute even more regulations which will help Ireland show the rest of the world how to tackle climate change.
Not only are politicians failing to understand the entirely legitimate fears and concerns of ordinary people, they are regarding them with something approaching complete contempt
Inevitably, ever since Ireland joined forces with Norway and Spain in recognising Palestinian statehood back in May, there is the urgent need to show the Irish are on the ‘right side of history’. And the importance of continuing to show other, less enlightened, countries such as the UK and the US how international diplomacy should be conducted.
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