Alex White?
Labour’s replacement for Roisin Shorthall as junior minister in the Department of Health?
We literally have no idea.
But we found this from a pro-life website in August:
The Labour Party TD, Alex White, has admitted that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) cannot ‘require’ Ireland to legislate on abortion, according to a report in the Sunday Times.
His comments were made in response to questions from journalist Sarah McInerney in a lengthy feature on abortion. It was put to Mr White that the Fine Gael TD, Lucinda Creighton, who is a barrister, had told a Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting that, unlike a directive from the European Court of Justice, an ECHR judgment is not legally binding.
According to the Sunday Times, White, also a barrister, ‘reluctantly’ agreed. “The ECHR doesn’t require a state to do something,” he admitted, though he argued that the Court’s judgments had a “heavy persuasive effect”.
Deputy White’s remarks were in contrast to earlier claims from Labour that Ireland was required to act on the ECHR ruling in the ABC case – and was required to legislate for abortion.
Ah.
Labour’s Rep Admits ECHR Ruling Not Binding (Life-Zone, August 14, 2011)
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Thanks Aaron McAllorum
