THE thing with columns is you can’t be too repetitive. I’m doing this one for about a year and it does get tricky.

If you’ve already written about how depressing it is that Taoiseach Micheál Martin will travel to the White House and shake the hand of a man found liable for sexual abuse, you can’t really do it again. You must look elsewhere for fresh material.

A brief check of the news might offer inspiration for a fresh subject.

This week’s run-down includes a British prime minister agreeing to enter a war on a Middle Eastern country who they claim is being run by a tyrant who has taken away women’s rights.

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The UK have sided with a Republican president who is currently rolling back abortion rights.

I think I walked out of school over this one along with hundreds of other teenagers about 20 years ago. I’ve already covered this subject.

Next, it was the five-year anniversary of the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving Met police officer.

It was well known in the force that Wayne Couzens was a predator – allegedly his nickname was “the rapist”. He went on to kidnap, rape and murder a girl my age walking home.

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