“These are our waters and we want them back” : Irish fishermen slam EU quotas and regulations during protest. Photo credit: Gript
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The ESB has confirmed that it is working on plans to demolish its power plant sites at Shannonbridge in West Offaly and Lough Ree in Lanesborough in order to construct “renewable energy centres.” The semi-state company say the demolition works will assist the State in reaching its emission reduction goals by 2030. The move has […]
The Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD says a public inquiry is needed into the abortion of a healthy baby in the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) after a misdiagnosis – and he has queried why the State is covering the legal costs of the private clinic involved in the testing which led to the abortion. Deputy Tóibín […]
The crackdown continues.
The National Maternity Hospital (NMH) and all other defendants have admitted liability in a case taken by a couple who said their preborn baby boy was aborted at 15 weeks after they were wrongly advised he had what the doctors insisted was a “fatal foetal abnormality”. In fact, after the abortion, when the results of […]
Minority woman of colour loses out to trans athlete…
Jeffrey wins…eventually.
Heart inflammation.
The BBC has caused controversy by banning white people from applying for a trainee job working for some of its popular programmes – including Springwatch and The One Show. The one-year trainee production management assistant role with the BBC’s Science Unit in Glasgow is ‘only open to black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates’. According to the […]
Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has launched a scathing attack on the Governments controversial Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021. Deputy Nolan was speaking after she made a significant contribution opposing the legislation which was passed by the Dáil last week. The Bill will now move to the Seanad where […]
Since assuming office, the government have crucified the Irish fishing industry through massive fish quota losses and a raft of new stringent regulations and penalties, Michael Collins TD has said. Speaking with the Rural Independent Group, the Cork South West TD slammed what he described the government’s “gigantic failures” – to protect Ireland’s fishing interests, […]