“The choice we faced last week was pass the legislation and preserve the database of information, which will be available once further legislation has passed in the coming months, or allow the database be deleted or destroyed forevermore,” Collins is reported to have said according to the Irish Examiner.
Hundreds of people gathered outside a city police station on Monday night as news spread about the shooting dead of 27 year-old Walter Wallace Jr. earlier in the day.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett was sworn into the US Supreme Court last night by Justice Clarence Thomas at the White House.
A video made by an Irish commentator which targets alleged scaremongering in media discussions of Covid-19 has gone viral racking up more than 150,000 views across social media problems. Ivor Cummins, a bio-engineer, took issue with what he described as a “tale of terror” being told on the Tonight Show on Irish Virgin Media where […]
Two highlights of trad every year are the Patrick O’Keefe Festival in the heart of Sliabh Luachra, and Oireachtas na Gaeilge which celebrates the most beautiful of Irish singing, amhránaíocht ar an sean-nós, in a weekend of competitions and recitals each year. This year, along with everything else in these beleaguered times, both festivals are taking place […]
The three individuals are reported to be Anthony, David and Geraldine McGann, siblings who were evicted from their house in Strokestown two years ago.
15,000 pills and 4kg of cannabis were found by police when they arrested Gilligan, his son and four others in connection with alleged arms and drug trafficking.
A senior Catholic Bishop has said that the Government’s dismissive attitude to the desire of Catholic to attend Mass is not good enough, and that the Catholic Church has taken the restrictions “far too easily”. Reverend Alphonsus Cullinan, the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore was responding to the government’s announcement that religious services would have to take […]
The Government has passed legislation which critics say will ensure that records of controversial mother and baby homes will remain sealed for 30 years. The Bill was passed by 78 votes to 67, despite strong opposition in the Dáil. Minister for Children, Roderic O’Gorman, refused to take amendments to the bill. The Commission of Investigation […]
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has given an impassioned speech in the Dáil where he said the Irish people would rise up against tyranny. “Come back Seán Treacy and Dan Breen and the magnificent men of Tipperary,” he said, claiming Ireland needed that leadership now. The Tipperary TD said the government was making a […]
A stark message from a rural GP today warned of an urgent emergency as a nursing home where 26 out of 28 residents are positive for Covid has been left with only one nurse and carer available in the last 72 hours. Dr Martin Daly warned that one resident of the home has died and another […]
The CEO of a firm established by Hunter Biden has said Joe Biden knew about his son’s deal with a Chinese energy firm and was given 10% of the profit, appearing to corroborate recently released emails.