A TD has claimed that he is personally aware of eleven pubs that will close permanently as a result of the Government’s decision not to allow the phase four national re-opening, which included the re-opening of all pubs, to proceed. Richard O’Donoghue TD, from Limerick, is part of the rural independent group, along with the […]
A student who was the subject of what he described as a “vile and hateful” Twitter pile-on has charged the Independent’s Ellen Coyne with “rank hypocrisy” for deploring criticism of Senator Fintan Warfield, which was centred on personal photos posted on social media. Student Gavin Boyne said that Ms Coyne was one of several journalists […]
Former leader of the SDLP, John Hume, has died, his family have announced in a statement. He was 83 years old, and passed away after a short illness. He had lived with dementia for several years and was rarely seen in public in recent years. Hume led the SDLP from 1979 to 2001, and won […]
A leaked “urgent” email sent by a senior chief midwife at the NHS in England has warned that two women have died after taking abortion pills at home. The email warned of the “escalating risks” of the trend towards home abortions – using the ‘pills in the post’ service that is run by UK abortion […]
The world is reacting with indifference to the horrific and escalating violence against Christians in Mozambique, a local Bishop has said. He made his comments after extremist violence in northern Mozambique escalated, with insurgents beheading 15 people in a week in June, multiple churches burnt, and young girls frequently kidnapped. The Catholic News Agency reports […]
The Mexican Supreme Court has overturned a lower court’s ruling in a case which sought to ensure that abortion was legalised throughout the country.
For most Irish people, child benefit is sacrosanct and should not be interfered with. Many families rely on the monthly payment to pay for basic costs, and, since the state has long-since scrapped child tax credits, child benefit has long been viewed as an essential contribution to the significant cost to families of rearing the […]
Twenty TDs and Senators have signed a letter to an Taoiseach, an Tánaiste and to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney expressing serious concern about the mistreatment of the Uighur Muslim people by the Chinese authorities. The letter, addessed to Mícheál Martin and Leo Varadkar as well as the Foreign Affairs Minister says that the […]
An Aontú Bill that will ensue the replacement of unelected Ministers and Junior Ministers with elected TDs in the case of a delay in the formation of a government has past first stage of the Dáil. Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD said the bill sought to prevent a repetition of the situation after Election 2020 […]
Ten men, mostly Syrian refugees but also including one German national, have been found guilty over the gang rape of a woman outside a nightclub in Freiburg, a southern city of Germany, the BBC reports. The woman, who was 18 at the time of the attack, was drugged by a group of men in the […]
Tipperary TD, Mattie McGrath, has strongly criticised the government for what he described as its failure to fight for Ireland when negotiating the European Covid-19 recovery deal “We’re the good boys in Europe. We’re the lackeys. We accept everything and nod” Deputy McGrath told the Dáil. He said that other countries had demanded write downs […]