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 […]
The number of patients in Irish hospitals with covid-19 has dropped to 59 – the lowest number since September. Comparatively, at the peak of the third wave on the 18th of January, there were 2,020 people in hospital being treated with covid-19 in hospitals across Ireland. HSE Chief Paul Reid hailed the development. “Covid-10 inpatients […]
ISAG’s Professor Anthony Staines has said that the “open-air party” scenes in Dublin city centre in recent weeks have not resulted in a spike in covid-19 cases, despite the CMO’s concern. Health officials reported 271 new covid-19 cases on Tuesday – the second lowest figure this year, even after large crowds were seen celebrating in […]
TheJournal.ie has gone for gold in the clown media olympics this week, by declaring that the type of covid misinformation that is most dangerous and difficult to combat is the type that’s actually true. The article, entitled “’A distorted perspective’: How anti-lockdown groups are using data to downplay the impact of Covid-19,” describes how terrifying […]
Six of Ireland’s top universities have fallen significantly in the QS World University Rankings for 2022. QS’s overall rankings are based on factors such as academic and employer reputation, the ratio of staff to students, citations per faculty and more. According to the data, the drop in Irish universities’ ranking is down to a decline […]
A man with 161 previous convictions who robbed a café twice while out on bail for stealing from a whiskey museum has had his jail term reduced from 6 years to 4. 33-year-old Jonathan Grimes was out on bail for burglarising the whiskey museum when he robbed Bewley’s café in Dublin city centre, not once, […]
The High Court has approved a hearing for an action by a couple who claim their unborn child was aborted after they were mistakenly told by doctors that he had a fatal foetal abnormality. The couple have filed separate lawsuits seeking damages against Merrion Foetal Health and five of its medical consultants, Dublin Private Clinic, […]
A growing number of Irish children are being hospitalised after being poisoned by cannabis jellies, also known as “edibles,” according to a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant. Dr. Paddy Fitzpatrick spoke at length this week about the increasing risk to children from these substances. “We have seen a significant increase this year in the amount of […]
Less than a quarter of Europeans support the EU “as it has been realised so far,” according to a new Eurobarometer poll. Eurobarometer, which is the official polling body of the European Commission, released the findings in its Spring 2021 survey. #Food4Thought 🥗4⃣🧐 First comprehensive #Eurobarometer poll/survey of EU 🇪🇺 citizens' views one year into […]