Death Control: War and Violence
Fifty wars in twenty-five years! Where does the conscience of humanity fit into the picture?
Death Control: War and Violence
First published in The Open Road, No.2 (March 1969), pp.22-27, and re-published in Éirigh, December 1969.
Democracy and Majority Rule
It is an accepted democratic principle that if fifty-one per cent of citizens vote for a particular measure and forty-nine per cent vote against it, the fifty-one per cent deserve to have their way.
AIDS in Africa
The task of overcoming AIDS is not an impossible one. It is basically a matter of political and personal will.
Drugs and Your Child
The principal drug-problem in Ireland is with the legal drugs of alcohol and tobacco. This article, however, is concerned with illegal drugs and, in particular, with how they affect young people.
The Irish Constitution and Religious Liberty
Although the 5th Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland in 1973 removed the special position of the Catholic Church enshrined in Article 44, it did not alter the preamble. This article was written before the 5th Amendment.
Religious Liberty Today
The problem of religious liberty is as old as man himself.
Reflections on some Themes of Constitutional Theory
A minor thesis (228 pp) for a Master of Arts degree, done at University College, Cork, Ireland, 1966.
Ireland’s Identity
What is Ireland’s identity? What makes us Irish? What goes into that mixture of assumptions, values, attitudes, reflexes, priorities and interests that makes us to be what we are?