A Campaigner and former councillor has said that an anti-lockdown event planned for Easter Saturday will go ahead despite his arrest at a protest yesterday in Cork city centre. Diarmaid Ó Cadhla was one of three men arrested on St Patrick’s Bridge yesterday afternoon while holding banner saying “No to Lockdown”. They were taken to […]
A 74-year old grandmother who flew from New Zealand to live with her family in Ireland, says that she feels “a prisoner” after being forced to stay in a Dublin quarantine hotel – even though her country of origin has an exceptionally low rate of Covid infection and is not on Ireland’s “high-risk” countries list. Elizabeth Malcolm […]
The Taoiseach was visibly annoyed by Peadar Tóibín TD’s request that the government guarantee the immediate return of “full cancer services.”
The mayor of the City of Oakland in California has come under fire for excluding poor white families from a $500 monthly cheque support scheme. White families are explicitly excluded from the race-based program which is funded by wealthy private donors, despite the fact that an estimated 10,000 of the city’s population are white residents living in poverty, with yearly earnings of […]
More than 10,000 people have signed a petition opposing the introduction of vaccine passports for Irish people. “We want the Government of Ireland to commit to not rolling out any vaccination status/immunity passport to the Irish public,” the petition reads. “Such passports could be used to restrict the rights of people who have declined a […]
A Brussels court has ruled that “all coronavirus measures” imposed by the Belgian state must be lifted within 30 days, because the legal basis on which they have been made is insufficient. The ruling came Wednesday in a lawsuit brought by The League for Human Rights who argued that the state’s use of Ministerial Decrees […]
Jedward said marching with Black Lives Matter protestors in Los Angeles made them feel like they’re “making a change.”
“For a range of outcomes, white working class children trail behind their peers in almost all ethnic minority groups, although the extent of these disparities vary by area.”
Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín has said that “deep frustration” is building in communities, after the government pushed back reopening the country once again. Deputy Tóibín said “we are being told that there is light at the end of the tunnel but the tunnel is getting longer and longer.” The Meath West TD said Ireland was […]
The 5km limit on travel will be lifted on April 12, allowing people to journey anywhere within their county, or 20km from their home into another county.
The Ipsos MRBI Veracity Index for 2021 shows the public trust their pharmacists (96%), nurses (95%), and doctors (94%) most.
Following confirmation provided by the state to Galway businessman Declan Ganley, that it is unlawful and an offence to hold or attend public Mass subject to penalties, Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has written to the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly asking him to correct the Dáil record. Deputy Nolan said she […]