"It was recently revealed that €8.5m of Irish aid to Ethiopia was given to abortion agencies, much of it when Fianna Fáil's present leader Micheál Martin was Minister for Foreign Affairs."
This is a wild and inaccurate statement. It is also a great insult to Irish donors who generously contribute to the poorest of the poor in the developing world.
Elsewhere there is comment that Unicef is making an attack on parents' rights.
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If the removed comment was mine I would make only two observations:
(i) the phrase is protected by Dáil privilege. It was used by Jamesie Dillon in the Dáil to describe an intervention by Seán Lemass immediately preceding it. It is on the Dáil record.
(ii) it was intended to refer to the rag Alive and not to you, in case you took it that way.
Rath ar an obair.
Someone posted a comment, which has been removed. Maybe it was fine but on the other hand it may have been somewhat personal, so it has been removed.
Anyone who reads comments on electronic mail will be taken aback with some of the intemperate language that is used.
This blog would prefer to err on side of caution in this area.
And apologies to the author of the comment if the decision not to post is too harsh.
Yes, it was obvious the comment referred to 'Alive' and not to the author of this blog.
Thank you.
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