“Simply put, we got it wrong. We made a mistake,” said Ontario Premier Doug Ford, shedding tears as he apologised during a press conference for proposing new heavy-handed covid restrictions across the province in recent weeks. Last Friday, the Ontario regional government announced new measures that granted police the power to randomly stop people on […]
Extremist climate group Extinction Rebellion has dumped over a dozen wheelbarrows of cow manure outside the White House in an effort to draw attention to President Joe Biden’s “bullsh*t” climate policy, which they say is not radical enough. For Earth Day 2021, the Democratic President held a virtual climate summit to discuss the supposed harm […]
Schools in Ireland must have unisex cubicles, and may choose if their toilet facilities are to be neutral gender-neutral and shared by both boys and girls, according to new construction and renovation guidelines from the Department of Education. According to an updated design guide for schools, most toilet facilities going forward will include a series […]
According to Minister for Climate and Transport, Eamon Ryan, non-essential foreign travel could be allowed for people with vaccine passports, but even allowing that would take “months rather than weeks”, and could be postponed again. The Minister said that while he could envisage a scenario where Irish citizens with a vaccine passport or certificate could […]
Germans are paying the highest electricity prices of any country in the world, with Ireland not too far behind as the 5th most expensive country for electricity on earth – all thanks to “green” policies. In Germany, over 50% of homeowners’ power bills are just from government-imposed taxes and fees – not even the electricity […]
2 current and 6 former staff members from Amnesty International UK have issued a statement alleging that senior management of the organisation “knowingly upheld racism and actively harmed staff from ethnic minority backgrounds.” The statement called on senior management of AIUK, as well as the board of directors, to resign over the issue. “There’s a […]
Fianna Fáil TD Marc MacSharry has said he has “no confidence” in Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s handling of the covid-19 pandemic, and hit out at the government’s liberal use of lockdowns as the “only strategy” for dealing with the problem. Speaking on Newstalk, the Sligo-Leitrim TD had some choice words for the government. “I haven’t had […]
British Conservative Party MP, Kemi Badenoch, has said that the political Left label black conservatives “Uncle Toms” and “house negroes” if they dare to “think differently.” Badenoch, who is black and of Jamaican descent herself, condemned common insults levelled against black conservatives from the Left, with labels such as “Uncle Tom” or “House Negro” being […]
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that though he expects some people will refuse the covid-19 vaccine, he believes that those individuals may change their mind if the government restricts their ability to travel or attend events. Speaking on the Dermot & Dave show on Today FM, the Tánaiste said he was worried that some members […]
A 62-year-old Coptic Orthodox Christian was murdered by an ISIS-linked Islamist group in Egypt earlier this week after being kidnapped 5 months ago. In a graphic video, the victim, Nabil Habashy Salama, can be seen being shot dead as he was kneeling in the desert in Egypt on April 18th, 2021. According to the Coptic […]
The European Medicines Agency has said that while the Johnson and Johnson one-dose vaccine may be linked to rare blood clots, the benefits, they say, still outweigh the risks. The vaccine’s use was halted temporarily in the US amid blood clotting fears, after 8 people out of almost 7 million reportedly had unusual and serious […]
Professor Oran Doyle from the Covid-19 Law and Human Rights Observatory at Trinity College has said that under the government’s new covid-19 lockdown rules, attending Catholic confession, even socially-distanced outdoors, is now a criminal offence. Speaking during an interview on RTÉ Radio 1 this week, Professor Doyle was asked if even outdoor religious events had […]