26/06/2025 | 16:58:21 Thank you very much, Madam Vice-President. In Bunreacht na hÉireann, the Irish Constitution, Article 41.2 says something quite shocking. It says the state recognises that by her life within the home, a woman gives to the state support without which the common good cannot be achieved. If that were not shocking enough, in the next part, it goes on to commit the state to ensure that mothers shall not be required by economic necessity to engage in labour to the neglect of their duties in the... 24/06/2025 | 10:30:32 Mister President and friends and colleagues, The European Convention and the European Court of Human Rights are the jewels in the crown of the Council of Europe institutions. That idea can unite us all. But this open letter, written by nine member states of the European Union, has really led the Court, and indeed the Council of Europe, to arrive at what we might call a crisis moment, but also, to borrow a term from the ancient Greek, a kairos moment, a critical or opportune time for decision... 08/04/2025 | 11:43:52 Thank you very much, Chair. In my time I would like to stress three points: education, transparency, and balance. Regarding education, I want to endorse what my Icelandic friend and colleague Mr Sigurður Helgi PÁLMASON said about the importance of digital literacy programs, particularly for young people. It is essential that we stress and value what our education systems can do much more than what legal restrictions can do. In fact, I think we must avoid a censorious overreaction as we try to...