The Six-Day War in June 1967, when Israel’s tanks drove across the Sinai desert, taking Egypt’s tanks in their sand bunkers in the first defence line by surprise and defeating the second and third defence lines, was described at the time by military historians as brilliant and audacious.
The upcoming care referendum shows the Government does not want to create constitutional rights for which people could take the State to court, Ireland’s human rights watchdog has said.
As we head into the final two weeks of the campaign before the family and care referendums on March 8, both sides of the debates are redoubling their efforts. With the Irish public preparing to go to the polls on International Women’s Day, who is in the Yes camp and who is in the No?