Britain can ban Donald Trump, but it can't ban the Trump effect

Is there anything more embarrassing than the British Parliament indulging the nonsensical idea of banning US presidential hopeful Donald Trump from entering the country because he said something we didn’t like about Muslims?

Why should we save the NHS?

I have written before about striking doctors, and exactly what I think of the action they have taken. Though strikes were delayed and now taking place over January and February, my point remains. Hence I am not going to write another fully-referenced article, spelling out again what you can read for yourself if you want.
Instead, I want to ask a question. I want to ask this: why should we save the NHS?

The Long Road Back for Rome: where next for the Catholic church in the West?

When I think about Ireland, I cannot separate that from thoughts of the Catholic church, a church which, though far from perfect, I love dearly.

I don’t often find, in that most Catholic of countries, more in-depth theological knowledge than that of Catholics elsewhere, or even full agreement with everything the church says and teaches, but a Catholicism routed in everyday lives, with religious references peppering many a conversation.

It’s ingrained, deep in the Irish consciousness. Or is it?