The UK’s chief scientific adviser has said scientists working on the pandemic “haven’t got good evidence” to justify imposing the new lockdown measures on places of worship.
A 15-year-old boy who developed an incurable sleep disorder and a debilitating auto immune condition after being given the swine flu vaccine has won a settlement in the High Court ten years later.
The Met Police in London have urged a rape suspect to hand himself in after a video of a woman confronting him while he targets a schoolgirl went viral on social media. The man, named as Kadian Nelson, 26, and pictured in an image released by police, is wanted in connection with an attack on […]
Pro-life groups in the United States have welcomed a victory in a referendum in Louisiana which will now see the state’s constitution clarifying that it does not recognise a “right” to abortion or abortion funding. 62% of residents approved Amendment 1 – the ‘Love Life Amendment’ – on Tuesday evening , which states that nothing […]
Two brothers have been sentenced to two years in jail each for forcing an elderly and vulnerable woman to pay an “extortionate price” for chainsaws, power washes and generators she had no use for and did not want. An Garda Síochana report that “the men called to an elderly lady’s home in West Cork, uninvited, and […]
Whilst the pendulum has swung back and forth all night, Joe Biden’s road to 270 electoral votes certainly seems easier at this point, given the figures emerging from Wisconsin and Nevada.
Gardaí have launched an investigation into the conduct of anti-mask protestors on the Luas Red Line yesterday. The group, who had attended a city-centre rally yesterday against the lockdown and mandatory face-mask regulations, told other passengers to take off their masks whilst on board the Luas. Transdev, the Luas operator, said it has passed on […]
The Irish-American priest who founded the Knights of Columbus, one of the biggest charitable Catholic organizations in the world, has been beatified and is one step from canonisation as a saint. Fr McGivney’s process of canonization was begun in 1997 by Archbishop Daniel A.Cronin of Hartford. A miraculous cure for a child diagnosed with a fatal condition in […]
The Grey Wolves, an ultranationalist Turkish group loyal to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, could soon be banned by French authorities.
Gunmen described as “Islamist terrorists” have killed at least four people and left another 17 injured in Vienna, in a night of terror where gunfire could be heard across the city centre. The attacks began in the Jewish quarter in central Vienna at 8pm Monday evening. Austrian police said they believed the attacks had a […]
The Rural Independent Group has called on the current Taoiseach, Michael Martin, and the leader of the Green Party, Eamon Ryan, “to emerge from hiding and earnestly address” the controversy surrounding the actions of the Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, who shared information on a GP contract with the IMO with a rival organisation. Commenting on the […]
Irish rugby star Conor Murray has been announced as a new Ambassador for Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) and he is urging his fans to get active and challenge themselves to run, jog, walk, cycle or swim a distance of 100 kms in 21 days – all while raising vital funds for the charity. DSI’s 21 day challenge […]