With elections local, European, national and presidential fast coming up in the next 18 months, a relatively small, but more emboldened far-right has made immigration and asylum a dominant issue in Ireland, writes Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe
It’s like the Government is playing a game of “let’s misread the room” and winning spectacularly. Or maybe they’ve just lost touch with reality. Last week, we were treated to the Government Chief Whip Hildegarde Naughton launching a campaign to tackle the oh-so-pressing issue of period taboos.
"Buttoned Up" is a new initiative to encourage a national conversation about menstrual health, aiming to dismantle taboos surrounding menstruation in schools across Ireland. Minister Hildegarde Naughton will launch the transformative project at Gaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh, Galway, on April 29.