Despite making up over 60% of the Ethopian population, Christians living in the southern Oromia state have faced a dramatic escalation in attacks by Islamist gangs pillaging villages.
Dublin City Council have passed a motion to list the home of 1916 hero The O’Rahilly on the Register of Protected Structures, pending examination of the issue. This means that the house cannot be demolished in the while it remains on the Register. The success of the motion, proposed by Sinn Féin’s Micheál Mac Donncha comes after […]
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” The opening words […]
Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín has revealed that he has asked three separate Taoisigh over a period of 5 years to meet with victims and survivors of the notorious Glenanne Gang. The loyalist gang, who are estimated to have carried out the sectarian killings of 120 Catholics was the subject of a documentary “Unquiet Graves” broadcast […]
A leading medical expert has said that the Assisted Suicide bill ignores the better option of good palliative care, and pointed to a High Court ruling saying that it would be “impossible” to ensure that older and more vulnerable people would be protected from coming under pressure to end their lives. Dr Anthony O’Brien, Clinical […]
Popular podcaster and MMA commentator Joe Rogan has offered to host a 4-hour live debate between US president Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden. The offer came during an interview with former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy, during which Rogan said: “I would want [to host the debate]. First of all, I’d want no one […]
Two new laws were passed in Germany, on this day, September 15th, 1935. The first replaced the flag of Germany with the Nazi Party swastika. The second was a package of measures, known as the Nuremburg laws, that deprived Jews of German citizenship. The laws also made it illegal for a Jew to marry a […]
The hashtag #RIPJKRowling has been trending on social media as transgender activists expressed opposition which often amounted to hatred and venom at the Harry Potter author. The author, who has come under sustained attack for expressing concern that the aggression of trans activists is diminishing women’s rights, has just published a book where a serial killer dresses as […]
Minister for Foregin Affairs Simon Coveney has said the Government will consider banning protests following a large demonstration against the compulsory use of masks in Dublin over the weekend.
There have been incredulous and angry reactions today on social media to news that the Department of Education is considering banning classic novels ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘Of Mice and Men’ from schools because of submissions which claimed that the books were not “acceptable reading material” in “light of the Black Lives Matter protests”. […]
The foundations of a 5,700-year-old Neolithic house, along with evidence of Bronze Age burials and Iron Age smelting have been discovered by archaeologists in Co Cork. Eight separate excavations were carried out after the county council undertook two road alignment projects on the N73, close to the villages of Shanballymore and Kildorrery. On one of the sites, archaeologists […]
Two police officers were shot multiple times Saturday while in their car in Los Angeles, in an attack described as an “ambush” by the Sheriff’s Department of the city. Update: The gunman walked up on the deputies and opened fire without warning or provocation. pic.twitter.com/cBQjyKkoxJ — LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) September 13, 2020 The authorities said […]