One reason we have zero healthcare services for trans young people is because a key report was misplaced. Again we were let down, and again it was up to the trans community to point this out, writes Noah Halpin.
“We all need to continue to follow public health guidance … But the government must encourage compliance by appealing to our sense of the common good not by threatening us with sticks and sanctions.”
“Another improvement might be if councillors just stated their name and party on the first occasion they speak at a meeting,” writes Brigid Ní Raghallaigh.
Lots of what is promised has been called for by human rights groups for a long time. So will this minister and this government be able to follow through?
During lockdown, we discussed the right to a safe environment for frontline workers during Covid-19. It is time we include sex workers in this conversation, a lecturer in sexuality studies writes.
“BusConnects gives Dublin an opportunity to make a democratic decision about where we want the value, which we have all created, to end up,” writes Joseph Kilroy.
Grief is different for everyone – it’s important that each member of the black community can express anger at racial injustice in their own way, writes Filomena Kaguako.
What links both releases is that they are statements from two young virtuosos determined to show and prove; turn up and throw down, writes Dean Van Nguyen.
Protecting public health in a time of grave risk is a legitimate aim. But there are also legitimate concerns that current measures go beyond what is needed.
