The European Commission’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Bernier, has warned that in France there is a growing appetite to exit the EU, and that French politicians should learn from Brexit as a cautionary tale. “We could draw some lessons from Brexit for ourselves,” Barnier told a conference in Le Touquet, France. “It’s now too late […]
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said that the government is considering extending the length of time between vaccine doses from 4 weeks to 12 weeks. Donnelly said that he is expecting to receive an official expert recommendation from Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ronan Glynn and the country’s vaccine taskforce “in the coming days”, as […]
Fine Gael Councillor David McManus has lashed out at the opposition parties for allowing construction to stay closed – even though it was his party who closed it. Tweeting during an RTÉ Prime Time segment on how lack of housing supply has driven up house prices nationwide, McManus, who is also Deputy Mayor of South […]
A top French court has upheld a ruling that a migrant who his killed a 65-year-old Jewish woman in an anti-semitic attack was not guilty of murder because he was high on cannabis at the time of the killing. The incident originally took place in 2017, when Kobili Traoré from Mali, who was 27 at […]
Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s has called to “defund the police” & “dismantle” the justice system in a bizarre tweet following the fatal shooting of a young black man by a US police officer. “The murder of Daunte Wright is rooted in white supremacy and results from the intentional criminalization of Black and Brown […]
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he doesn’t believe that his party is at 11% nationally, after a recent RedC poll indicated a catastrophic slump in the party’s support. “You’re a politician to your fingertips,” said interviewer Matt Cooper during an interview with an Taoiseach on Virgin Media’s The Tonight Show. “You’re a veteran of politics. […]
Russian Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Gorovoy has ordered 1 million illegal immigrants to leave the country by June 15th of this year. In a statement to the leadership of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Gorovoy requested that the bloc take back their citizens, many of whom illegally reside in Russia. “These people will be […]
The value of Bitcoin slumped 4.6% this week after Turkey’s central bank announced it was banning the use of cryptocurrencies for purchasing goods and services, citing risks of “irreparable” damage to the national currency and economy. The decision appears likely to damage the growing Turkish crypto market, which has surged recently as the country’s national […]
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed that European Commission President Urusla Von Der Leyen told him they were looking into acquiring “hundreds of millions” of vaccine doses for 2022 and 2023 so that a mass vaccination program of children could begin. “It might be interesting to note that the president of the [European] Commission was in […]
HSE officials have warned people not to make a beeline for the border when the pubs re-open in Northern Ireland soon. This week it came to light that outdoor eating and drinking will be allowed in Northern Ireland in mere days, and that pubs and hotels will be free to fully re-open in just over […]
“Fear really drives numbers,” said Charlie Chester, a technical director at CNN, during a series of fake Tinder dates set up by Project Veritas. “Covid? Gangbusters with ratings,” Chester told the undercover journalist. “Which is why we constantly have the death toll on the side. It would make our point better if [the death toll] […]
The Biden administration has declared a national emergency on Thursday amid growing tensions on the Russia-Ukraine border, and citing alleged Russian cyberattacks and election interference. This week the administration put sanctions on more than six Russian companies and 32 individuals, and expelled 10 Russian diplomats, giving them 30 days to leave the US. America has […]