Idir 1937 agus 1946, bhí an scríbhneoir Máirtín Ó Cadhain ag obair faoi scéim de chuid An Gúm ag bailiú focal agus leaganacha cainte as Gaeltacht na Gaillimhe. Le linn na tréimhse sin, chuir Ó Cadhain breis agus aon mhilliún focal d’ábhar chuig An Gúm, agus sin in ord agus in eagar faoi bhreis agus […]
Chaos on the streets again.
Covid-19 accounted for less than 1 per cent of fatalities last month in England.
Canadian doctors have warned that the experience of their country shows that euthanasia laws expand rapidly, as do the number of people being killed by euthanasia. Dr Luke Savage and Dr Keily Williams from Alberta wrote to the Irish Times in response to an admonition not to allow any references to “slopes, slippery and otherwise” in […]
The Italian government has banned the use of the Covid-19 vaccine made by AstraZeneca for people under 60, in a reversal of policy prompted by the death of a 18-year old woman. The about-turn on the use of the jab is said to have thrown the vaccination campaign into chaos, according to the Times. Camilla […]
A man who was praying at an abortion clinic in Coleraine while offering what he described as “financial, physical and emotional support” to women “suffered a violent attack at the hands of people described as “pro choice activists”. The pro-life activist was approached by a man who doused him – and the poster of a […]
There were sharp exchanges in the Dáil last night in the debate on the Climate Bill, as rural TDs railed against the Minister for the Environment, Eamon Ryan, for what they described as a “complete attack on rural Ireland”. Kerry TD, Michael Healy-Rae, said that the Minister was “ecstatic with himself when he announced the shutting down of […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the cost of implementing the Government’s Climate Action Bill will cost €20 billion annually for next 10 years. That’s ten times the cost of the National Children’s Hospital at €1.74 billion or almost twice the amount of revenue generated annually by Irelands Corporation Tax at approximately […]
The Irish Travel Trade Network (ITTN) have just released information on the Covid test requirements for children under 18 across Europe. Travel is starting to open up around Europe, but most countries still have testing requirements for adults. The EU Digital Covid Certificate from 1 July, does not apply to under-18s, most of whom will […]
Rural Independent TDs have said that without major amendments the Climate Action Bill “blatantly attacks the fabric of rural Ireland and our democracy”. Ahead of the Report Stage debate and vote on the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill in the Dáil, the Rural Independent TDs hd called on backbench government TDs to […]
Small gesture, big consequences.
Only 25 per cent of children were physically active every day.