The government is coming under fire after appointing former TD for Meath Regina Doherty as leader of the Seanad, although she had previously led Fine Gael’s campaign to abolish the lower house. “Politicians often wonder what makes people cynical about politics…it’s strokes like the appointment of Regina Doherty,” wrote Irish Catholic Editor, Michael Kelly. […]
Voters and activists in the north and west of the country reacted with disbelief today at the failure of the new government to appoint a single Senior Minister to the entire North-West of the country. An infographic highlighting the situation is going viral on social media. Connaught and most of Ulster have been left without representation at the […]
After a storm of local protest, Wexford County Council have withdrawn a plan to sell the National 1798 Rebellion Centre in Enniscorthy to a private company, acknowledging that it would not be now likely to get the support of councillors for the proposal. The 1798 Centre welcomes thousands of visitors every year, and commemorates one of the most significant […]
A former spokeswoman for the environmentalist group Extinction Rebellion now says that her fellow environmentalists should join her in embracing nuclear power. Zion Lights is now director of Environmental Progress UK, but was formerly a leading spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion UK and the founder of its newspaper, The Hourglass. Her decision to campaign for nuclear energy will have […]
Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has said that churches feel “singled out” as a target for stricter application of the social distancing rules. Deputy Nolan says she has written to the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, and the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, urging that a far greater level of discretion be given to individual […]
Local activists who help maintain and upkeep the statue of republican Séan Russell in Fairview Park have said they feel Leo Varadkar’s call to have the statue taken down may have prompted others to deface the monument. On Monday, the statue was defaced by being painted with the rainbow flag colours, usually associated with the LGBT […]
A Scottish court has fined an Aberdeen man for calling his former girlfriend’s new partner a “leprechaun” and writing a threatening email. The court found it was a racially motivated insult. The Evening Express reports that: Terry Myers, 41, appeared in the dock at Aberdeen Sheriff Court over the email, which made reference to the woman’s new […]
Aontú leadar, Peadar Tóibín TD has called for the reopening of cancer screening programmes as a matter of urgency and expressed his shock at the fact that the HSE are advertising cervical check services which they know have been cancelled by the government. Deputy Tóibín said: “Back in March a decision was made to cancel […]
Kids told “love has no age limit” Parents have been incensed at the publication of a learning pack for primary school children which they say “normalises paedophilia” by telling kids that ‘love has no age limit’. The pack was produced by the Diversity Role Models organisation for children aged three to 11,and sent in an email […]
Tipperary TD Mattie McGrath has sharply criticised the government’s move to restrict attendances at masses to 50 people, asking “Do we have to return to our mass rocks to be able to celebrate the Eucharist?” Ireland has been slower than many other countries to allow centres of faith to reopen. “The restriction of 50 people […]
The Deputy leader of Fianna Fáil, Éamon Ó Cuiv, has said the party’s vote is “collapsing” and that it will become “irrelevant” if it enters into government under the programme currently being put to the vote by the party members. Responding to an opinion poll published in the Irish Mail on Sunday which showed Fianna […]
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that would allow him to impose sanctions on China for its involvement in the mass incarceration of people of faith in Xinjiang. Almost a million Uighur Muslims are in what have been described as concentration camps in the region, according to the United Nations. China […]