For the respectful formation of young people, I reckon the three most important influences are family, schools and peers. It’s great when all three are good and aligned, disastrous if all three are bad. There is a lot of talk about ‘influencers’ today, especially the online variety, but parents and teachers were surely the early…
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Enoch Burke has been re-imprisoned. Since September 2022, he spent some 560 days in prison in four separate periods. Photo: RollingNews.ie

Brendan O’Regan