People everywhere were sickened and horrified last April when three teenage boys became the victims of an acid attack in Earlscourt Housing Estate in Waterford. A large group of older boys, most around 18/19 years old, threw acidic drain cleaner in the younger boys’ faces without provocation. The victims received severe burns and scars to […]
When Sinn Féin released their 2020 election manifesto, many were surprised to find that controlling immigration featured as a part of their platform. In a twist that will shock anybody who has actually been listening to them for the last few years, they wrote: “Sinn Féin does not want open borders. We believe that all […]
When someone declares we need new laws to restrict and curtail “hateful” opinions, the absolute least that person can do is make sure their own track record is squeaky-clean. Fine Gael’s Justice Minister, Charlie Flanagan, has been doing the rounds in recent months, insisting that Ireland should expand its current definition of “hate speech”. However, […]
If there’s one thing that UN officials are good at, it’s wrapping their extreme, agenda-driven ideologies in an official-sounding guise. Last week, at the United Nation’s CERD19 convention in Geneva, Jamaican academic Verene Shepherd pressured the Irish government to rapidly implement new legislation to combat what she called “hate speech”. According to the Irish Centre […]
Last week, Independent left-wing MEP Clare Daly took part in a panel discussion on RTÉ’s European Parliament Report with Colm Ó Mongáin. She was asked about the China Cables – leaked documents which confirmed that the Chinese authorities are running a vast chain of concentration camps which are being used to imprison and brutalise over […]
Over the years Kanye West proved he was no stranger to public vulgarity. Obscene lyrics and lewd displays were part and parcel of everything he did, from his overly-sexualised music videos, to his open discussion of his favourite porn categories, and even his marriage to Kim Kardashian, whose career was arguably jump-started by her notorious […]
Kanye West doesn’t have a degree in theology. He was never known for his humility, or as a great statesman or scholar. He’s not what most people would have called a saint or a “Holy Joe” – far from it. He is seen by most as nothing more than another egotistical rap artist. And that […]
It’s often been said that climate alarmism has all the trappings of a conspiracy theory. It’s an idea that is held with such cult-like devotion, that no amount of contrary evidence will ever persuade its devotees that they might be wrong. It doesn’t matter if their predictions fail constantly; they are so wedded to their […]