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"An Irish solution to an Irish problem" - Paper Review

Kieran Cuddihy was joined by Herald journalist Sinead Ryan for a look at the Bank Holiday Monday ...
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09.00 26 Oct 2015


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"An Irish solution to an Irish problem" - Paper Review

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09.00 26 Oct 2015


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Kieran Cuddihy was joined by Herald journalist Sinead Ryan for a look at the Bank Holiday Monday papers.

Dr Sam Coulter Smith's interview before stepping down as Master of the Rotunda is reported on in several papers this morning, and how he has rolled back on comments about the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill.

Reflecting on the low number of women being granted a termination under the clause allowing for suicide to be a reason for a termination, Sinead observed "why would you put yourself through these two panels of doctors, this completely unwieldy process... when all you have to do is what thousands and thousands of women do every year and go to England or Amsterdam?

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"The whole thing is back to this Irish solution to an Irish problem, nothing has changed" she added. "Maybe it means suicidal women who have no means at all and no choice in the matter can now avail under this clause".

Minister Alan Kelly, meanwhile, is "getting hammered" across the papers, particularly in regards to confusion over rent control and rent certainty.

"He has this strident personality," Sinead argued, "which is a go-getting way to go about your business - but it doesn't always work well with other people. He brings all these promises in... but very few of them take place in reality." 

Elsewhere there was a story in the Irish Daily Mail about a protest in Dublin yesterday calling for more open school admission policies.

"This has been going on for years," Sinead pointed out, with Kieran suggesting "change has been painfully slow" despite repeated calls for an end to admission policies that favour a particular religion.

And will the Government soon be able to track our cars?

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