The culture wars were firing on several fronts last week, and it started early. In the ‘gay cake’ controversy the Ashers bakery decision was announced on Monday of last week in Belfast. The appeal by the McArthur family, owners of Ashers, was rejected by the Court of Appeal, which led to quite a bit of…

‘Challenging’ was the description that most came to mind as I watched Beyond Redemption? A Would You Believe? Special, last Thursday night on RTÉ 1. After years of concentration on the victims of sexual abuse this programme focused on the perpetrators and what could be done to support them in such a way that they…