I’m sure it never crossed their minds, but the visit of the Prince of Wales to Stormont to meet his Mam’s two Governor Generals was perceived to have been a tad insensitive by relatives of those killed on Bloody Sunday, the day after the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) announced that there would be no further […]
New figures from the Netherlands have shown that suicide numbers went up by 34% in that country after assisted suicide was legalised – at a time when the numbers of deaths by suicide fell in neighbouring countries in the same period. Professor Theo Boer, who at first supported the euthanasia law and was a member […]
The Taoiseach has told the Dáil that the Department of Education has found two errors in the Leaving Certificate calculated grades system.
The HSE has confirmed that they have no national system in place to identify and report when the use of abortion pills goes wrong. This means that important data on when abortion pills cause harm to women is not being reported in the same way as happens with other aspects of services provided by the […]
“The people who are losing their jobs, the people who are losing their salaries, can’t pay their mortgages, now really someone has to talk for those people.”
It’s the most famous dam in the world, and it was officially dedicated by President Franklin Roosevelt on this day, September 30th, 1935. Originally, it was simply called “the Boulder dam”, after the Boulder Canyon, in which it was built. It was renamed for President Herbert Hoover in 1947. The Dam was built to provide […]
Sinn Fein’s Rose Conway Walsh had a bone to pick with the Taoiseach yesterday, pointing out that the programme for Government does not mention a united Ireland: Firstly, for context, the question asked by SF's Rose @conwaywalsh about why the new Shared Island unit in the Department of the Taoiseach isn't planning for unity itself: […]
Paddy Power, or to be exact Paddy Power punters thought that Biden won the first debate. Odds on him were shortened to 4/6 in the immediate aftermath. Hey, it’s as good a predictor as any as to what is likely to happen although they were completely wrong in 2016 when PP paid out on Hilary […]
Confession: Two weeks ago or so I decided that no, I wasn’t going to sit up into the early hours of the morning to watch two cranky seventy year olds shouting at each other in America. And I was absolutely intent on keeping that promise, until Virgin Media rang yesterday and asked would I review […]
As if covid-19 and criminal government incompetence in the nursing homes wasn’t bad enough, our politicians latest push is to introduce euthanasia for the sick, the elderly and other such vulnerable categories. Ben Scallan reacts. #gript
Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has condemned what he described as the “disgraceful and apparently illegal destruction of a national landmark in the early hours of the morning” after the house of 1916 leader “The O’Rahilly” was demolished. The Aontú leader said the action was in contravention of a unanimous vote by Dublin City Council” […]