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Two Georgian nationals have been convicted of large scale human trafficking, though one was spared prison because she had a teenage son. Vakjtang Jokhadze, 48, and Sophia Grdzelishili, 46, are divorced but still live together. Both acted as a “distribution network” to provide fake driving licences and ID cards from EU countries to Georgian illegal […]
According to the latest Irish Times/IPSOS MRBI poll, a large majority of people want mandatory masks in shops to remain even after most people are vaccinated against covid-19. The poll, which was conducted song 1,200 adults across all electoral constituencies nationwide, asked respondents to choose which of two statements was closest to their view. Then […]
Minister Roderic O’Gorman met with the Garda Commissioner this week to discuss the death of George Nkencho, and heavily implied, without evidence, that his death was a result of racism. Following the meeting, O’Gorman, who is the Green Party Minister for Children and Equality, said: “I was very pleased to meet with Commissioner Harris today. […]
The Rural Independent Group has slammed the passing of the Climate Action Bill in the Dáil, and accused the government of “dancing to the green tune.” Speaking in the Dáil yesterday, Deputy Mattie McGrath had some strong words for Climate Minister Eamon Ryan. “The Minister should prove us wrong about our worries. We did not […]
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that the government will be looking to vaccinate children and young people come the Autumn of 2021. Micheál Martin confirms that the government will be looking at vaccinating children in Ireland this autumn.#Covid19Ireland #CovidVaccine pic.twitter.com/LU8Wm5Kt4m — JRD (@JRD0000) June 16, 2021 Speaking in the Dáil yesterday, the Taoiseach explained how […]
It’s been well established now that both the Minister for Children and Equality, Roderic O’Gorman, and Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien, have expressed their desire to have the State Housing Agency provide own-door accommodation to asylum seekers after only 4 months of being here. As O’Brien himself said: “We are well advanced on a new phase […]
At the same time Ireland hears about the serious risk of the Delta variant, with the Irish government prolonging various covid-19 restrictions, we are apparently giving away heaps of our life-saving equipment in the form of donations abroad. Yesterday the Irish state loaded up a plane in Shannon Airport with copious amounts of vital medical […]
Around 100 drug users per day are expected to use Ireland’s first heroin injection facility, which is situated in close proximity to a primary school, the High Court has heard. The facility, which is run by Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI), is based at the Riverbank Centre in Dublin city centre, and is reportedly just 150 […]
Senator Ronan Mullen has asserted that Ireland’s foreign policy has more to do with trade than morality or human rights, and has questioned Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney’s relationship with China and Iran. The senator made the remarks while speaking in the Seanad on Tuesday. “I raise today the strange attitudes of the Department of […]
For a media class that is so utterly consumed and terrified of the spread of so-called “misinformation,” Irish journalists are remarkably relaxed when a TD like Paul Murphy makes demonstrably false statements about covid-19 variants. Speaking on Newstalk’s Lunchtime Live this week, the People Before Profit TD expressed his belief that because of the rise […]
Independent Cork TD Michael Collins has slammed what he calls a “deeply flawed” climate action bill by a “dysfunctional government”, claiming that the government is attempting to “ram it through” the Dáil at rural Ireland’s expense. Speaking earlier this week, the Deputy spoke out against the speed at which the bill is progressing. “It is […]
An Afghan refugee has been given one year in prison after being caught attempting to distribute 14 fraudulent identity cards to foreign nationals. Akbar Jafari (35), who has refugee status in Ireland, told Gardaí that he had conspired with a Nigerian man to make 14 false identification documents that he had hoped to give to […]
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