Sarah McCarthy writes about the scandal that has raged this week about banks possibly forcing parents to give up their jobs. There has been a good deal of uproar this week about the soon to be published Personal Insolvency Service guidelines. The controversy has centred around the possibility that parents whose incomes is less than…
Tag: patriarchy
The X Case: an Entire Generation of Failure
– Sarah McCarthy writes about that momentous moment in Ireland’s abortion history. Twenty-one years ago, this cartoon appeared on the front page of the Irish Times. It encapsulated perfectly the grotesque actions of the State at that time, and the striking image haunted a divided nation. It’s hard not to know the story of X…