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 […]
An Aontú representative for Cork North West says she welcomes the High Court challenge to open up churches, as the closure of religious services is a ‘restriction of human rights’. Becky Kealy was part of an initiative led by young people which sought to keep churches open for Mass during the restrictions. She presented a […]
Joe Biden has overtaken President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania and Georgia today, coming ever closer to securing his route to winning the electoral college.
Galway businessman Declan Ganley is taking a constitutional challenge against the government’s Covid-19 restrictions on public worship.
Almost five thousand people have already signed a petition asking the popular British soap, Emmerdale, to change an abortion storyline that campaigners say is “prejudiced” against people with Down Syndrome. Set up by mum Rachel Mewes, whose daughter Betsy has Down Syndrome, the petition says the soap’s storyline will “influence the masses as a perpetuation […]
Distressing scenes have been shared of a retired nurse being arrested while handcuffed as she tried to remove her 97-year-old mother from a care home ahead of another tightening of Covid-19 regulations in Britain. Ylenia Angeli, 73, who is a retired nurse, was handcuffed and detained after the nursing home called the police when she took her mother, […]
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 […]