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The World At HomeWhile I await Beto O’Rourke’s decision whether or not to run for US President in 2020, I want to resume my discussion of some of the myths Donald Trump has continued to promote during his presidency. But before I continue: if you are wondering how such a bold-faced liar could have ever been elected, you must first understand how ill-informed roughly half of American voters are.
The World At HomeSINCE I’m still not 100 per cent certain that Beto O’Rourke will be running for US president in 2020, I will devote this column to discussing some of the myths that President Donald Trump has promoted about himself throughout his business and political career.
The World At Home: Charles Laffiteau’s Bigger PictureI BEGIN 2019 by expressing my belief that Beto O’Rourke will succeed Donald Trump as America’s 46th president on 20 January 2021. As some of this newspaper’s readers may recall, I made a similar prediction about a first-term Senator from Illinois named Barack Obama back in March 2007, 11 months before the first presidential contest, the January 2008 Iowa caucuses.
"Into the fire" Writing Competition: The Winners“In other news now, the residents of Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon are busy preparing the town to welcome 50 Syrian refugees who are due to arrive at the end of the month,” the newsreader announces, a hint of a smile playing on her lips. Sam’s mother grins as well, her fork hovering mid-air.
No political drive to deliver broadband to allFor those of us resident in the digital wasteland that either have no or very slow broadband coverage, the chatter about the National Broadband Plan (NBP) is tiresome.
We will never give up our right to returnAfter US president Donald Trump’s shameful displays of racism, sexism and Islamophobia in his own country, he came for me personally.
Would the last person in rural Ireland please turn out the light?/ No progress up the social ladder Elderly residents of the Irish countryside find themselves in the middle of the social spectrum. At one end, there is the organised thuggery aimed at them by individuals who regard the houses of rural residents at their own pick’n’mix.
Meet the candidates for Ireland’s PresidencyThe next Irish Presidential election will take place on Friday 26 October. So far, six candidates – four independents and two backed by political parties – are running to become the Republic’s ceremonial head of state with a salary of about €325,000.