For no uniform day, a secondary school in Meath has encouraged students to wear “pride” colours representing bisexual, transgender, non-binary, demisexual, and genderfluid identities, leading some parents to express their discomfort. For “Stand Up Awareness Week 2021” last week, St. Peter’s College in Dunboyne, Co. Meath, held a “Pride Non-Uniform Day” on Thursday the 25th […]
A Fianna Fáil TD has dubbed critics of Health Minister Stephen Donnelly “begrudgers,” adding that the Minister has done “exemplary” work during the pandemic. The comments came after members of the Rural Independent Group harshly criticised Donnelly and his handling of Covid. DONNELLY HAS “FAILED COMPLETELY IN HIS DUTIES” Deputy Michael Healy-Rae said Donnelly had […]
The media is trying its best to somehow blame the Omicron variant on a lack of vaccination globally, despite the first cases detected being in fully vaccinated individuals, leaving a gaping hole in their argument. Many people seem to be under the impression that, if only vaccination rates across the world were higher, the Omicron […]
The World Economic Forum has claimed that extreme weather events or cyber attacks could wreak havoc on people’s bank accounts and the financial system – while also advocating for a cashless society. “What if extreme weather froze your bank account?” the group said in a Twitter post this week. Disruption can spread rapidly throughout the […]
A TD has said that Ireland could not solve the issue of climate change or substantially reduce global carbon emissions, “even if we went back to the Stone Age.” The remarks were made earlier this week by Independent Cork South-West TD Michael Collins. FOOD IS NOT A LUXURY “Agriculture should not be carrying a levy […]
A new political party in Ireland is calling for the EU to be made into a superstate, complete with its own government, army and constitution, and plans to run in the next election. VoltEuropa, which was established in Hamburg, Germany in 2018, is a pan-European party with factions and chapters across numerous EU member states […]
As the EMA & HSE approve the Pfizer jab for children aged 5-11, it’s worth noting that zero children in Ireland under-12 have died of Covid-19 during the pandemic. It’s been announced that the HSE will be rolling out the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine to children between the ages of 5 and 11, after that age […]
A piece of legislation has been proposed which would extend the government’s Covid powers to as late as June of 2022, including the ability to impose vaccine certs and mask wearing. The Bill was outlined in an Oireachtas briefing note. There are four key pieces of Covid legislation – namely: (Part 2 of) the Health […]
A new bill has been proposed which would give the State the right to detain people suspected of having the potential to spread Covid, and would allow Health Minister Stephen Donnelly to designate locations as “areas of infection” until June of 2022. These powers were given to the Government in March 2020, during the height of […]
The Abortion Rights Campaign has boycotted the Irish Times for being “transphobic,” suggesting, once more, that one can literally never be liberal or progressive enough to appease the Irish NGO sector. After all, if the paper of Fintan O’Toole and Una Mullally is not sufficiently on-side, who is? “Transphobia has no place in the paper […]
Less than two years ago, a politician suggesting that citizens should be refused the right to “participate in society” on account of their medical choices would have been unthinkable. Now, it doesn’t even make the front page in most so-called news publications, and many outlets don’t report on it at all. The latest offender is […]
Chief Minister of Australia’s Northern Territory, Michael Gunner, has said that Covid-positive patients and their close contacts are being transferred by military trucks to a remote quarantine camp following an outbreak of the virus. The comments come after an outbreak of 2 new Covid cases in the town of Katherine in Australia’s Northern territory. One […]