Fourteen people have been seriously wounded in what is being described as a terrorist attack on Catholic church in Indonesia. The attack, which national police say was carried out by two people, took place as Catholics gathered in the church in the Indonesian city of Makassar for Palm Sunday services to mark the first day […]
There were sharp exchanges in the Dáil last night as the government refused to accept calls from four independent TDs who called for places of worship to be open for Easter, to limited numbers of the faithful, under strict conditions. Carol Nolan, Richard O’Donoghue, Michael Collins and Mattie McGrath had strongly argued that churches could be re-opened […]
The controversy comes after French teacher Samuel Paty was killed for displaying an image of Mohammed to students in a school outside Paris.
A garda spokesman said enquiries into the incidents “are ongoing.”
“We’re in for seemingly endless cycles of outbreaks and remissions, social restrictions and relaxations, lockdowns and reopenings.”
Arlene Foster, Northern Ireland’s First Minister, has told the Secretary of State for the region, British MP Brandon Lewis, to “back off” on compelling Stormont to implement abortion laws. Abortion is considered a devolved issue – to be decided locally in the region – but in 2019, with the contrivance of Sinn Féin and some members […]
The Central Bank has levied a record €37.8 million fine on Ulster Bank for its use of “deliberate” strategies which caused borrowers to be overcharged on their mortgages during the financial crisis. The safeguarding authority found that the bank had also only rectified matters for those borrowers that complained. The fine is the largest ever penalty levied against […]
Parents at the Holy Family School for the Deaf in Cabra have launched an Open Letter addressed to the Government and the HSE urging that the threatened removal of the school’s on-site Speech and Language Therapist be reversed. The open letter, addressed to the Head of Disability Services in HSE as well as Ministers for […]
The historical importance of Moore Street in the birth of the Republic has been highlighted in the Dáil by Aontú leader, Peadar Tóibín, who said that the area which was central to the Rising has been turned into an “outdoor toilet” by Government inaction. “Moore St is the birthplace of the Irish Republic. The lanes […]
The Garda Press Office has declined to comment on whether public gatherings for religious worship are considered part of the “relevant events” banned by lockdown regulations.
A Brazilian woman who worked as a rickshaw driver in Dublin, and who was ordered by the court to leave the country or spend a year in prison for dealing ecstasy tablets, is still living in Ireland three years later and is collecting the Covid Pandemic Unemployment Payment, a court has heard. Bianca Francisco […]
Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has said that the government has now moved into GUBU territory following a demand from the High Court that the State must clarify, within two weeks, whether or not there is a legal basis for Covid-19 restrictions on people physically attending Mass. Deputy Nolan was speaking following the […]