The Law Commission is considering whether the list of protected groups should be expanded under current hate crime laws in the UK.
A Harris Interactive poll of French citizens has found 58 per cent of respondents support a controversial warning issued by a group of active and retired military personnel that the country is close to “civil war” due to Islamic fundamentalism.
Demonstrators gathered in Cork Saturday to protest Irish government measures against Covid-19, and what organisers said was an “international coalition of governments, corporations and NGOs that has worked to legitimize extended lockdowns”. While the specific focus of this protest was vaccine passports, the variety of placards on display gave evidence of multifarious agendas among the […]
Protest in Patricks Street, Cork, 1st May Photo credit: John Tangney
The EU’s border agency, Frontex, has been given new powers to oversee the deportation of illegal immigrants. In a new strategy revealed by the European Commission on Tuesday, Frontex will be at the centre of new plans to send illegal migrants home once they are denied entry into Europe. “Frontex will become the European Union’s […]
If there is a spike in Covid cases following the minor easing of restrictions, then the government will change its plans, Fine Gael Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has warned. According to Coveney, NPHET are the group who monitor the case data, and they had previously indicated that the government should only be considering […]
A peaceful 75-year-old Christian preacher was roughed up and arrested by London police for reading Bible verses about there being only two genders, which some onlookers called “hate speech.” Pastor John Sherwood, a minister at a north London church, was preaching the Christian gospel in Boris Johnson’s home constituency with a colleague, Peter Simpson. According […]
Following the resignation of his Dáil seat, former Fine Gael TD, Eoghan Murphy ,will receive €61,320 in termination payments over the next eight months. In his role as a TD, Mr Murphy earned a salary of €98,113 per annum which determines the payoff he will receive as he resigns his seat. The lump sum is […]
The shock announcement comes less than a day after four DUP MPs and 22 DUP MLAs signed a letter of no-confidence in the DUP leader.
The eurosceptic Irish Freedom Party has called for a referendum on what they describe as the government’s “more radical” immigration proposals, saying that “on a matter of profound change, the Irish people should have the final say”. “The Irish Freedom Party are calling for a referendum on recently announced plans relating to immigration,” the party […]
Italian police have arrested over 30 people suspected of being members of the Nigerian Black Axe mafia – a “black-liberation” group known for committing rape, mutilation and ritual murder. According to police, the group face about 100 charges, including drug trafficking, human trafficking, prostitution and internet fraud. Allegedly, this gang used Bitcoin in order to […]
Justice Minister Helen McEntee appeared evasive yesterday when asked about how her department would prevent future instances of illegal immigration by Gript reporters. “Minister, your department is planning to give amnesty to tens of thousands of illegal immigrants later in this year,” asked Gript’s Ben Scallan during a press conference on Tuesday about a new […]