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Though almost all Covid restrictions have been lifted, there are still people being fined for violating them over a year ago. As reported in the Independent today, one 26 year old man has just been fined by Swords District Court. He was found guilty of travelling from Blanchardstown to Donabate beach with his girlfriend for […]
Catherine Connolly TD has hit out at politicians taking aim at Irish neutrality, saying they want Ireland to be a voice for “war and death.” The comments were made this week during Leaders’ Questions, amid the ongoing debate around Irish neutrality. “My question relates to our neutrality,” said Connolly. “APPALLED AND WORRIED” “I refer to […]
The European Parliament has voted to put economic sanctions on Poland as the country struggles to accommodate 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees. Poland – one of the EU’s poorest countries – has accepted 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees in two weeks since the Russian invasion began. The number of Ukrainian refugees entering Poland rises to 1.52 million […]
Senator Sharon Keogan has railed against the government’s proposed hate speech laws, saying that they will turn Ireland into a “woke theocracy.” The comments were made this week in the Seanad during a debate on a new proposed hate speech law. Sharon Keogan on her opposition to hate speech legislation, warning that Ireland is sliding […]
You know that our country is in a bad position when we’re in the midst of a major crisis, and the people in charge think that key words mean the precise opposite of what they actually mean. This week, amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Defence Minister Simon Coveney decided to tell the Dáil […]
Anyone who knows anything about the Titanic disaster will be familiar with the phrase “women and children first” – also known as the Birkenhead Drill. Today we’re all quite familiar with this concept – it was, obviously, a code of conduct from the 19th century onward for maritime disasters. It was expected that, if lifeboats […]
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has said that Ireland is “already” experiencing food shortages due to the rising costs of fuel and farming equipment. The comments were made this week during a press event about the ongoing energy crisis. “There’s talk now of growing wheat, said McGrath. “I’m a mixed farmer. We grow wheat and barley, […]
Wherever you are right now, you probably don’t have to be told that the ongoing energy crisis is simply dire. Not only are petrol, diesel and home heating oil costs soaring to unsustainable levels, but one secret government memo says the state is considering gas and electricity rationing. The problem is that serious. Putin’s War: […]
Pharmacies across Europe have run out of iodine tablets as people panic-buy in anticipation of a potential nuclear conflict. The development comes as fears grow that the conflict in Ukraine could escalate to a hot war between nuclear-armed Russia and NATO. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the heavy Western sanctions leveled against his […]
No matter what your perspective is on the Russia-Ukraine invasion politically, one thing is inarguable: the human cost of this conflict is enormous. This is clearly one of the most cut and dry cases of a refugee crisis we have seen in Europe in years. While the legitimacy of many alleged asylum claims to Europe […]
In 2020, shortly before the US election, then-president Donald Trump said that if Joe Biden was elected, fuel prices would “skyrocket.” The comments were made during a campaign rally on November 3rd, 2020, with Trump bragging about low fuel prices under his administration. “We have more oil than anybody, OK?” he said. “It’s an incredible […]
When the National Women’s Council of Ireland threw a feminist event over the weekend, with the lineup of high profile groups and individuals involved, you’d assume we were all in for a barnstormer. I mean, how could the event not draw a big crowd? The NWCI themselves say it’s been planned since March 2021 – […]
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