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Croagh Patrick

Colman Cassidy, Sunday Press June 6th 1989 The McDevitt sisters, from Donegal are “breaking in a brand new broken heart”, courtesy of Connie Francis, on the car radio, when I hit the brakes.  The first sighting of Croagh Patrick on the road General Humbert took in 1798 from Killala to Castlebar, is something to savour,…
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Utilitarianism in action

Coman Cassidy ABSTRACT This paper raises a key question in moral philosophy, namely, the ethical dimensions of utilitarianism in action – as demonstrated by Irish government policy on a pivotally important aspect of public health, the eradication of pertussis (whooping cough), a killer disease in infants.   The paper is in two parts. The first…
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