The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, did not have any “meetings or discussions” with the medical experts who wrote to him opposing assisted suicide, before he voted in favour of Gino Kenny’s bill seeking to make the procedure legal last month. Doctors have come out strongly against the Assisted Suicide Bill, and made submssions to […]
The New York Post has released new emails indicating that Hunter Biden negotiated lucrative deals with China’s largest private energy firm, one of which he said was “interesting for me and my family”, and “for introductions alone”.
Margarethe Zelle, known to history as Mata Hari, was executed by firing squad by the French Government on this day, October 15th, 1917, after admitting to being a spy for the German Empire. She is one of history’s best known spies. An exotic dancer and courtesan, Zelle was born in the Netherlands in 1876. She […]
A teenager was asked to read previously unseen sexually explicit material when auditioning for the National Youth Theatre in front of a panel of adults, a mother has told RTÉ’s Liveline. The script, from the play Wild Horses by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth, had not previously been seen by the teenagers, who were auditioning to become […]
Microsoft founder Bill Gates says the world won’t return to normal until “a lot of people” take a second “super-effective” coronavirus vaccine.
A mother of a child with a life-threatening illness says she has received “a lot of hate tweets” after speaking out with concern about the assisted suicide bill. Miriam Colleran, a doctor who works in palliative care, posted previously that “as the mother of a daughter with a life threatening illness,” she was “very sad […]
Euthanasia is currently legal for Dutch children over 12 who are given parental consent, and for babies up to a year old whose parents choose for them to be euthanised due to severe pain. 16 and 17-year olds do not need to attain parental consent, but must simply inform them of their decision.
Schools in Northern Ireland will close for two weeks from Friday under a new “circuit breaker” lockdown to be announced by First Minister Arlene Foster today. The closure of schools is part of a range of new restrictions that the Northern Irish Government is introducing: Here it is: I've obtained a copy of the new […]
The British Prime Minister has warned that the speedy development of a covid-19 vaccine cannot be taken for granted. Boris Johnson told the British parliament on Monday that while there were “hopeful signs” that a vaccine would be developed, he warned that it could not be taken for granted. “There are some very hopeful signs not least […]
The militant far-left group Saoradh, who were investigated in relation to the murder of journalist Lyra McKee, joined with masked and hooded men at the weekend to instigate violence against an anti-lockdown protest in Dublin. Police say that Saoradh is the political wing of the New IRA, who took responsibility for the killing of Ms […]
“The timing of Dr. Nabarro’s statement is very appropriate, and hopefully it won’t be dismissed or discounted as NPHET and the government weigh up the current situation,” McGrath said.
In an interview this weekend, the World Health Organisation’s Special Envoy on Covid-19, Dr David Nabarro, seemed to reverse the global body’s advice on Covid-19 lockdowns. Talking to the Spectator’s Andrew Neil, Dr Nabarro urged world leaders to stop using lockdown as a “primary control method” and warned that lockdowns would increase poverty and hit those […]