A homeless man in Cork has been fined €200 for “hopping into a Garda car” on a cold night in Cork last month.
The WHO is against the measure, for now.
Israel has passed a law allowing the names of unvaccinated people to be shared among government agencies. The new law will give the ministries of education, welfare and local governments access to the names in order to “enable these bodies to encourage people to vaccinate by personally addressing them”, according to the parliament. One third […]
The owner of a beauty salon in Balbriggan was arrested by Gardai today after opening her business for a second day because she says she needed to support her family and pay her bills. Christine McTiernan, who runs C&N Beautyroom, argued that she has the constitutional right to earn a living and this should allow her […]
Disability groups in Ireland and the UK have welcomed a proposal by MLA Paul Givan which seeks to change Northern Ireland’s current abortion law on disability grounds. Currently, abortion is legal in the region for any reason up to 12 weeks, and up to 24 weeks when the mothers life is in danger – but is […]
An internal whistle-blower in the Coca-Cola company revealed that employees were told to “Try to be less white” in what they said was a required training course. Screen shots of an online employee training course on “Racism and Confronting Racism” show 4 slides which critics say are actually racism in the guise of an anti-racism […]
A beauty salon owner in Balbriggan opened her business this morning, only to be swiftly shut down by the Gardaí. At least two businesses have been closed by An Garda Síochana in recent days after a gym in Donegal and beauty salon in north Dublin decided to open their doors to customers. The businesses were […]
A group of senior university scientists have said travelers might need to be vaccinated every time they go abroad. In a new report published by the Royal Society Journal, several eminent scientists from Oxford University, Cambridge and elsewhere have cast doubt on the longevity of vaccine protection, prompting them to suggest travelers might need to […]
RTÉ Radio One made the restaurant-owner promise to give them an exclusive interview. RTÉ told restaurateur Paul Treyvaud they were “double-booked” this morning and could not conduct an exclusive interview the station had sought about his decision to open his restaurant on July 1 in defiance of any lockdown rules that will still be in […]
Twitter has blocked a Catholic Bishop from posting after he wrote a tweet opposing Assisted Suicide, but he says he believes the ban will be lifted. The issue of Assisted Suicide has come to public prominence since the People Before Profit TD, Gino Kenny, introduced a bill, currently before the Oireachtas Justice Committee, which seeks […]
The world’s wealthiest countries are monopolising over half of the current and projected supply of vaccines, leaving poorer countries struggling to acquire their own batches, an anti-poverty report found on Friday. 10 wealthy countries so far have administered 75% of the world’s covid vaccines, while 130 nations globally have yet to receive a single jab. […]
On Friday, the government, after a week of confused and mixed messaging, announced another nine weeks of a level 5 lockdown. One man’s frustrated reaction has gone viral, with his video message racked up more than 800,000 views in a couple of days. Gary Dempsey is a former professional footballer who has played for Aberdeen and Dunfermline. […]