“Very rare” events more common in younger males.
Backlash.
The Bishop of Elphin has spoken out on the ongoing debate regarding the proposed move for the new National Maternity Hospital to a site at St Vincents. The Sisters of Charity offered to donate the site for free on a 99 year lease but the proposal has become mired in controversy as abortion campaigners believe […]
Chinese social media site WeChat has permanently banned almost all LGBT college accounts on its platform overnight, with no explanation to date given. WeChat, which is a social and messaging app as well as payment processor, has around a billion regular users, and is mainly used in Asia. This week, the vast majority of LGBT+ […]
EU could halt pandemic recovery payments.
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has upheld eight complaints against RTÉ over a sketch which portrayed God as a rapist during its New Year’s Eve countdown programme. Complainants said that the public broadcaster would not mock the Muslim or Jewish faiths in the way it did the Catholic faith. The sketch, described previously as being “deeply […]
“This law makes me feel I am better off dead, I know I’m not, but that’s how it makes me feel,” Heidi Crowter told a large group of people with Down’s syndrome and their families outside British High Court yesterday. Ms Crowter (26) who has Down Syndrome, was speaking on the first day of the […]
“Emotional time” for rioter, lawyer claimed.
Residential schools.
The Romanian man who brutally murdered an elderly Limerick woman in her own home “flitted in and out” of the country to commit offences, a prosecuting senior counsel said. Alexandru Iordache targeted 78-year-old Rosie Hanrahan in a supermarket in December 2017, following her to her home before breaking in and subjecting her to a horrifying ordeal. […]
“Hollowed out” sector.
Inadequate services.