Despite extreme social liberalisation across the West in recent years, assisted suicide remains illegal in most of the world, including much of Europe. According to euthanasiadebate.org, assisted suicide and euthanasia are illegal in 92% of voting jurisdictions around the world to date. In fact, Assisted Suicide and euthanasia bills have been defeated around the world […]
There’s a lot you can legitimately criticise Simon Harris for – and trust me, I do. But even a broken clock is right twice a day, and it was only a matter of time before even a politician like him surprised us all with a salient point. As reported in the Irish Times this morning: […]
As the economy tanks, and tens of thousands of Irish people lose their jobs due to lockdown, our nation’s intrepid leaders have turned their attention to the issue that clearly matters most: cows farting in Leitrim. The government has officially announced their new Climate Action Bill, which will aim for a “net-zero” greenhouse gas economy […]
Nigerian Governor Babagana Zulum was ambushed by a Boko Haram splinter group on Sunday when a donkey strapped with explosives detonated in the street. Zulum had been accompanying several hundred townspeople back to their old homes in the town of Baga, which they had fled in 2014 after the region suffered a spate bloody jihadist […]
The US government has officially offered a $5 million dollar (€4.2 million euro) reward for any information that leads to the capture of Communist rebel leader and drug-pusher Wilver Villegas Palomino. 38-year old Palomino, who US secretary of State Mike Pompeo has described as a “narcoterrorist”, has been accused of distributing cocaine in the US […]
The Church of Saint Agata of Sicily in the Italian province of Caltanissetta has reportedly been vandalised for the second time in a month, with thieves causing serious damage to the church and scattering consecrated Eucharistic hosts on the ground. Vandals broke down the door in the middle of the night, and after breaking the […]
A former abortion doctor who previously advocated teen prostitution has been appointed as the UN’s top expert on health and human rights. Last year Tlaleng Mofokeng wrote “Dr. T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure”, and is the host of the South African television show “Sex Talk with Dr. T”. She drew harsh criticism […]
The satirical French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, has republished their now-famous cartoon of Muhammad that caused them to become the victims of a fatal Islamic terrorist attack back in 2015. The decision to republish the cartoon came the day before a major trial in France involving 14 alleged accomplices to the killers, who are believed to […]
Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, South African prelate and Archbishop of Durban, has taken to Twitter to condemn the Black Lives Matter movement. “It’s time to state honestly what BLM really stands for – destroying the traditional family, AND what it actually does – destroying property, including religious buildings and objects!”, the cardinal wrote on Saturday. It’s […]
To date, 165 pubs across Ireland have been placed under Garda investigation for selling alcohol without providing food to their customers. Entitled “Operation Navigation”, the police have been scouring the country’s pubs since July, and have carried out thousands of investigations so far. The Garda Headquarters has announced that files on each of the various […]
The ministers are meeting today to discuss giving special powers to the Gardaí allowing them to break-up groups of pub-goers and house parties that fail to comply with the government’s covid-19 measures. It’s been proposed that, under the new regulations, it would become an offence to attend a function of six or more people in […]
Ireland has failed to apply for the EU’s €100 billion SURE scheme due to the long delays in forming a government after the general election, the Irish Times has reported. The EU Commission’s SURE scheme was proposed in April, and would offer up to €100 billion in affordable loans to EU countries so that they […]