The Irish Times surpassed itself for irony in yesterday's headline (see title above). For if Shatter did anything, it wasn't defend the State. What he did was turn up, allow a bunch of foreigners tell us that we must introduce abortion, change our constitution to reduce the status of stay-at-home mothers and give even more support to the heavily supported Travellers.
Just look at some of the States which challenged our human rights record:
Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Egypt, Ghana, Iraq, Turkey, Cambodia, Algeria, Sri Lanka.
We really have lots to learn from those countries, don't we.
And what did our Minister for Justice say when challenged on abortion. Did he follow David Quinn's advice? Did he point out that there is no human right to abortion in any international human rights instrument? Did he point out that the European Court of Human Rights itself confirmed this? Did he heck!
In response to questions on abortion, Mr Shatter said the Government was committed to “expeditious” implementation of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in the A, B and C case. An expert group would be appointed next month, and he pledged to deal with the abortion issue in an “adequate and comprehensive” way.
Of course this is the most important issue, but a more general question - what possible benefit is there for Ireland in being a member of the United Nations? We get nothing from it. We have no influence whatsoever. The liberal left simply use it as as stick to beat us, and an excuse to bring in the policies that ordinary people do not support.
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