This week, the "Irish Times" carried an article about how Ireland now finds itself in a position by which its national debt per capita (covering the population living in the country) has become the...

As I’ve said many times, the Labour governments under Joseph Muscat and Robert Abela have shown a devotion to continuity. It was promised to us by Abela in the run up to the party leadership...

This week, Prime Minister Robert Abela declared that agriculture should be a pillar of our economy. He said that his government wants to help farmers to ensure they produce enough food to sustain the...

The metaphors of war have been used for quite a while with regard to the coronavirus pandemic. They make sense, though not completely. The mobilisation of communities that is really required if the...

March 8th is the day when the world celebrates International Women’s Day.  The theme chosen this year is “Choose to Challenge”.   This theme is very relevant today...

As the New Year begins, we carry forward unfinished business from 2020, with the pandemic in pole position. But one of the most important political happenings of the last days of 2020 was Bernard...

  We live in a world that is made of spin, built on spin, and believes in spin. Spin is creating a make-believe world and sooner or later most are inveigled in it, it surrounds us,...

  The Scottish independence referendum has predictably caused a major ruffling of the nationalistic nest spread out all over Europe. People, who have never felt comfortable within old unions...

Most countries in the world have one national day, or at most, two. A national day is normally one on which people celebrate their country and, in most cases, it is held on the date that the country...

At least, that is what he would have us believe. And even if that were true, exactly what does it say about the nature and character of the man? That he is not somebody you can trust; that he will tie...