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Amid spiralling cost of living and fuel costs, Energy and Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has expressed the view that the war in Ukraine is primarily responsible for the problem.
Senator Sharon Keogan has hit out at the CSO for its advice about gender “non-binary” answers on the Census, saying the statistics body is afraid of being “cancelled.” The comments were made this week in the Seanad, after the CSO received criticism for only providing “Male” and “Female” boxes on the census to be ticked […]
Ireland’s energy regulator has urged the government to invest in liquefied natural gas infrastructure, arguing that the country has “insufficient safeguards” regarding energy security. The comments were made early this week by Aoife MacEvilly, chairwoman of the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU). “LNG should be considered in the context of energy security,” said […]
Last month the World Health Organisation published its “Abortion Care Guideline,” in which it endorsed abortion up to birth without gestational limits. The document was published on March 9th 2022, with a goal of recommending the “best practice statements relating to abortion.” On page 27 of the document, the text clearly states: “[We] recommend against […]
As the debate around transgender biological males in women’s sports comes to a head, you’d imagine that a group like Labour Women would be on the side of – well, biological women. But alas, that would make too much sense. Tweeting from their official account last night, the group reposted a Journal.ie article advocating for […]
According to Eurostat, the European Union only produces 42% of its energy needs within its own territory, highlighting the bloc’s severe energy dependence. As per the most recent Eurostat energy report, in 2020, the EU imported 58% of the energy it consumed from outside the Union. ⚡⬅️In 2020, the EU imported 58% of the #energy […]
More than 15,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Ireland to date, and emergency accommodation is reportedly soon set to be exhausted at the current rate of arrival. According to BreakingNews.ie, the government has been informed that emergency accommodation will be depleted within weeks, and authorities will have to begin setting up tents, prefabs and modular […]
The UK’s public broadcaster has faced harsh backlash and criticism from women’s rights groups after describing women as “people who are assigned female at birth.” The remarks were made this week in a BBC article on the medical condition endometriosis, which affects a woman’s uterus-lining, ovaries and fallopian tubes. The phrase “assigned female at birth” […]
According to one member of the Seanad, Irish citizens are currently trapped in Canada over Justin Trudeau’s Covid rules. The comments were made in the Seanad this week by independent senator Sharon Keogan, who described Canada as a “so-called liberal democracy” which shows “signs of authoritarian leanings” over its crackdown on unvaccinated citizens. “Canadian Prime […]
One of Sinn Féin’s biggest critiques of the Irish government is that parties like Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are not serious about military neutrality. In the run-up to the 2019 local election, Sinn Féin urged the public to “defend neutrality” by voting for them “because others can’t be trusted.” They added that “you can’t […]
As Irish households begin to take in Ukrainian refugees, reports are emerging of alleged tension, arguments and disputes between hosts and guests. According to one TippFM report, an Irish host woman from Tipperary was forced to ask a Ukrainian woman to leave after witnessing behaviour she described as “odd.” The Irish woman said that the […]
A major report is due to be published today which is expected to reveal that hundreds of babies at an NHS hospital trust potentially died or were left mentally disabled by preventable mistakes. Number of babies who could have survived with better maternity care at NHS Trust is far worse than imagined, says former health […]
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