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.
Oxford University confirmed it would keep testing on foot of an independent review.
Fine Gael’s Michael Ring says that he fears the country is becoming a “police state” under the new lockdown rules. The Mayo TD told the Fine Gael parliamentary meeting tonight that he would not support new moves to fine people who have been found to breach the 5km restrictions to be introduced at midnight. He and other TDs pointed out […]
The Tory MP was responding to Labour’s Dawn Butler’s call to “decolonize” the history curriculum when she reminded schools that it is illegal to present the views of the Black Lives Matter movement as “fact”.
China has seen the wealth of its billionaires soar, despite the global economic collapse which was caused by the Covid-19 virus originating in the Wuhan province. With GDP growing 5% at a time when European nations are seeing double digit decline, China added 257 members to its billionaires club. In total China’s super-rich got €1.5 trillion […]
Four newborn babies in Adelaide have died after being denied life-saving heart surgery because it wasn’t available locally and the stage-four lockdown in Victoria meant they couldn’t be transferred to Melbourne for surgery. Covid-19 travel restrictions meant that interstate transfers for the sick babies who needed life-saving cardiac surgery wasn’t possible. The surgery was not […]
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has warned that the number of deaths from non-covid illnesses may rise sharply because of the continued lockdowns – and he has slammed the Government for its failure to research or gather information into these likely deaths. His warning comes as figures from the British Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed […]
The Grand Mosque of Pantin had shared a video only days before the killing in which teacher Samule Paty was strongly condemned for showing children the Charlie Hebdo cartoon depicting Muhammed.