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 […]
Thousands of people have gathered for a second major public protest against the continued Covid-19 lockdown, and against mandatory mask wearing and mandatory vaccines. Crowds gathered at the Custom House in Dublin’s city centre on Saturday, September 12, for a march called by Yellow Vest Ireland, who said the event was also being supported by […]
Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has condemned the inaction by the government in relation to the demolishing of the home of the Irish 1916 hero, The O’Rahilly. Aontú held a protest at the site at 40 Herbert Park on Saturday, which was the home of Michael Joseph O’Rahilly, the only leader of the 1916 Rising to die […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that an army of marshals will be tasked with enforcing social gathering rules in the UK.
The people of Gibraltar voted to remain British, and against unification with Spain, on this day, September 10th, 1967. The result was overwhelming: 12,138 votes were cast to remain British. Just 44 people in all of Gibraltar voted to become Spanish. Gibraltar has been under British rule since 1704, when it was captured by Anglo-Dutch […]
Gardai had looked through the window of the couple’s home on the date in question.
Rural TDs have urged politicians to give cross-party support to their motion which seeks to revoke the latest Covid-19 restrictions passed by the government which they say are “bizzare, illogical, and unworkable.” The Independent TDs were sharply critical of the actions of other deputies who they said voted for the Government’s restrictions in the Dáil […]
Aontú Leader & Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has directly called on an Taoiseach Micheál Martin at leaders questions in the Dáil to reopen critical health services across the country to those who desperately need them. “I received a message from a Doctor in the last few days. He said to me: ‘I’ve luckily had […]