Author Archives: Michael Nugent

John Hume was central to ending the Northern Ireland conflict. I consider him the most influential Irish person of my lifetime.

Despite their centrality to Christianity, the Ten Commandments are not even the same set of laws that the Bible describes as the Ten Commandments.

The tenth commandment of the Christian god is that you should not desire things or people owned by your fellow tribesmen.

The ninth commandment of the Christian god is that you should not lie to or about your fellow tribesmen.

An Educate Together school in South Dublin has successfully reversed an attempt to move it to a new location more than an hour’s drive away.

The eighth commandment of the Christian god is that you should not steal things or people owned by your fellow tribesmen.

The seventh commandment of the Christian god is that you should not commit adultery, because men own their wives.

The sixth commandment of the Christian god is that you should not kill people other than in the many cases where the god allows or instructs you to kill them.

The fifth commandment of the Christian god is that you should honour your parents so that you will live longer and will not be stoned to death.

In recent weeks, there have been some welcome apologies for false allegations made against innocent people online. We should treat these apologies as sincere, and as paving the way towards more constructive dialogue.