It's (I believe) a reference to an old Communist joke. A guy was sent from East Germany to work in Siberia. He knew his mail would be read by censors, so he told his friends: “Let’s establish a code. If a letter you get…
Deaf Irish men and women who went to school in the mid 20th century would have learned different sign languages. "The fact that the Catholic schools are segregated on the basis of gender led to the development of a…
My Youtube account is 15 years old. I wonder if I'll still have to verify my age in 3 years time.
Really? I don't understand that. The power isn't in dissolving the Dáil itself, it's in the choice to do if it's deemed appropriate, whether the Taoiseach wants it or not. When the Queen dissolves parliament she's just…
There is precedent to the Irish president exercising their power. In 1994 Mary Robinson refused Albert Reynold's request to have the Dáil dissolved (well, let it be known that such a request would be refused), leading…
I know that I'm replying to a throwaway account on a buried topic, and not that many people will read either of our comments, but for those that do just know that the above is misleading at best. At the very least a…
It's (I believe) a reference to an old Communist joke. A guy was sent from East Germany to work in Siberia. He knew his mail would be read by censors, so he told his friends: “Let’s establish a code. If a letter you get…
Deaf Irish men and women who went to school in the mid 20th century would have learned different sign languages. "The fact that the Catholic schools are segregated on the basis of gender led to the development of a…
My Youtube account is 15 years old. I wonder if I'll still have to verify my age in 3 years time.
Really? I don't understand that. The power isn't in dissolving the Dáil itself, it's in the choice to do if it's deemed appropriate, whether the Taoiseach wants it or not. When the Queen dissolves parliament she's just…
There is precedent to the Irish president exercising their power. In 1994 Mary Robinson refused Albert Reynold's request to have the Dáil dissolved (well, let it be known that such a request would be refused), leading…
I know that I'm replying to a throwaway account on a buried topic, and not that many people will read either of our comments, but for those that do just know that the above is misleading at best. At the very least a…