Massive crowds have thronged Washington DC for a ‘Million MAGA March’ as supporters of President Donald Trump continue to call for an audit of the November 3rd election. The President has not yet conceded the closely fought election, though most media outlets have called it for the Democrat candidate, Joe Biden. The landslide for Biden […]
A leading economist has taken issue with the claim that the Level 5 lockdown has driven a fall in Covid positive tests – and he has asserted that the additional measures cost Ireland 100,000 jobs when “level 3 was working.” Dan O’Brien is chief economist at the Institute of International and European Affairs, and a lecturer […]
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said it will be “a different Christmas” in Ireland this year, but not to expect any visits from the Gardaí over the festive period.
Mary Lou McDonald has said it is “very worrying” that lockdown restrictions in Northern Ireland are to be lifted next Friday after an overnight vote in Stormont.
Trinity Professor Luke O’Neill has said that although not all citizens will be forced to accept a Covid-19 vaccine, international travel might only be allowed for those who have been vaccinated.
A British nurse has been charged with eight counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder in relation to baby deaths at the Countess of Chester Hospital. Police say children’s nurse Lucy Letby was originally arrested and questioned over the killing of the babies in 2018, but was released. After further investigation she was re-arrested and charged yesterday. […]
Police shot rubber bullets at Polish nationalists marching through Warsaw in celebration of the country’s Independence Day yesterday.
The Austrian government is set to outlaw the deliberate spreading of “political Islam” in the country following last week’s terror attack in Vienna.
Proposals to extend coronavirus restrictions in the north of Ireland for two more weeks have been blocked by the DUP. Health Minister, Robin Swann, had recommended keeping the measures in place until 27 November, but after a day of fraught meetings the DUP used its veto to block the proposal. This constitutes a rare use of the […]
A Romanian man who was collecting €3000 a month in benefits scammed two elderly pensioners of more than €300,000, cleaning out their life-savings, the Cork Criminal Circuit Cork heard. Brudut Iosca (38) of Relic Road, Kilbeggan, Co Westmeath conned two separate pensioners after he told them various sob stories and repeatedly preyed on their good nature and […]
Over 17 million mink are being culled in Denmark following the discovery of a new strain of Covid-19 that is thought to pass through the animal.
It could change the face of travel. Two people have become the first passengers on a Hyperloop, a revolutionary new high speed way to travel over ground. The Virgin Hyperloop made its first journey carrying passengers yesterday, in a test the company believes showed that the new technology is capable of transporting people at […]