“Hope will never be silent" -- except, of course, when Dan Coffey endlessly bloviates.

Ireland? It gets an Equality Minister.

New Albany? We get the Ayatollah Coffey.

The news wire is filled with gratifying reports from Ireland, as here: "Ireland becomes first country to legalise gay marriage by popular vote."

Meanwhile, I cannot find any local news coverage of last Thursday's city council meeting, when Coffey sought to ratify his new part-time job as invocation coordinator.