Village Magazine October 2014 | Page 3

CONTENTS EDITORIAL & OPINION 4 Editorial Planning to fail 5 Niall Crowley Rhetorical rights 6 Ivana Bacik Labour should repeal abortion amendment 7 John Gormley Defiance, the new paradigm 8 Sinéad Pentony EU richer countries tend to be fairer 1 0 Constantin Gurdgiev Deluding economic hopium for the masses NEWS ISSUE 31 October 2014 www.villagemagazine.ie Follow us on Twitter @VillageMagIRE 12 Villager News Miscellany 16 Misdiagnosing Uterine cancer as ‘irritable bowel syndrome’ by Rónán Lynch 18 Wicklow Minister Alan Kelly must respond to calls for 1nquiry by Frank Connolly 20 Unravelling Gogarty James Gogarty’s evidence under assault by Frank Connolly 21 Budget 2015 Appetite for change squandered by Michael Taft 22 Democratic Féin? Crisis in North’s Assembly by Anton McCabe 23 Gardaí Dysfunctional for generations by Terence Conway, Tom Hanahoe and John Monaghan 24 The shoebox myth by Ronan Lyons 26 Planning Bill Quantity maybe but where’s the quality? by Michael Smith 28 Transgender rights Bill insists on singletons by Aoife O’Driscoll POLITICS Village Magazine promotes in its columns the fair distribution of resources, welfare, respect and opportunity by the analysis and investigation of inequalities, unsustainable development and corruption, and the media’s role in their perpetuation; and by acute cultural analysis. 30 (P)redistribute Reduce maximum wages, and tax to fund services by Mary Murphy 32 Revolution Assault on Rory Hearne’s miss in open goal by Jonny Baxter 34 Book Review Joe Larragy’s ‘Asymmetric Engagement’ by Niall Crowley 35 Blue-sash elitism My first months in European Parliament by Lynn Boylan, MEP 36 Preferendum Multi-option decision-making more mature by Peter Emerson 38 Landlordism Need to follow European norms by Paul Newsome 40 Charities Disability sector follows the market by Niall Crowley Editor Michael Smith [email protected] MEDIA marketing AND SALES [email protected] [phone] PRODUCTION Allister O’Brien 42 Abortion The Irish Times’ massages facts by Ruth Cullen 45 Shuffling the hack Revolving newspaper editors by Gerard Cunningham 46 Mediatribe Irish media going over the cliff by Rónán Lynch 48 Twitter Wilson Hartnell’s self-indulgent power-list by Gerard Cunningham CULTURE Editorial board Niall Crowley Joan Fitzpatrick Bride Rosney Michael Smith 50 Installations Politics through art by Rod Stoneman 54 In The Sticks Things to do in fields by Shirley Clerkin 56 Book Review Martin Blaser’s ‘Missing Microbes’ by Frank Armstrong 58 Book Review Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’ by John Gibbons contributing editors Niall Crowley John Gormley ENVIRONMENT INTERN Jonny Baxter PROOFREADER Niall Gormley printers Boylans, Drogheda, Co Louth Village Magazine is published by: Ormond Quay Publishing 6 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7 For copyright inquiries please contact [email protected] 60 Go vegan! To protect biodiversity and reduce carbon emissions by George Monbiot 62 Parklife No official interest since 1987 by Aidan J ffrench 64 Wind farms Nimbys take lessons from Tea Party by Richard Callanan 66 Everywhere yet nowhere Kari Marie Norgaard interview by John Gibbons 68 Aquaculture Kevin Cardiff delights, in Brussels by Tony Lowes 70 EU Commission Blitzing environmental policies by James Nix INTERNATIONAL 72 Liqudation Israel’s ascendant political party and the Palestinians by Frank Armstrong 74 No Planet B New York’s climate change march by Lorna Gold 78 Humour (Fake) Letter from Dr O’Brien to Dr Desmond 79 Village Idiot Bono and The Edge October 2014 village 3