Fianna Fail TD, and party education spokesperson, Thomas Byrne has been left embarrassed after Twitter investigated his claims that “Russian bots” were promoting the account of Fairer Future, a group set up by FF members who argue that FF should reject the proposed coalition deal with Fine Gael and the Green Party, and found that there was […]
A meme showing political party leaders as the opposite gender is going viral on Twitter today. There were plenty of comments: Micheál is your mother saying, 'Now, I told you so.' — Kim V Porcelli 🌱 (@kimvporcelli) June 17, 2020 Eleven out of ten for that — Andy Reid (@andybramble70) June 17, 2020 I'm […]
A group of 50 Fianna Fáil Councillors have been joined by 1,000 party members to launch a campaigning group to Vote No to the Programme for Government (PfG) negotiated by Fine Gael, the Green Party and the leadership of Fianna Fáil. The dal agreed by the three parties must now be ratified by members. The new organisation, […]
Disability rights activists have expressed grief and shock after a Swedish court acquitted police officers who fired 25 shots at a young man with Down’s syndrome while he played with a toy gun. Three officers were charged with negligence and misconduct in the fatal shooting of Eric Torell, 20, on 2 August 2018. All were […]
North Korea has blown up its joint liaison office with the South near the border town of Kaesong, just hours after the North made threats of military action at the Korean border. The centre, which is in North Korea, was opened in 2018 to act as an inter-Korean liaison office. The explosion was confirmed by South Korean […]
With most festivals and fleadhs cancelled for the summer, musicians and performers are coming up with novel ideas to keep music going online. At the weekend, thousands took part in the first-ever online Céilí in the Kitchen where families or socially-distant friends posted videos on Facebook and elsewhere of their celebration of Irish traditional music and […]
A petition to remove a statue of civil rights icon Mahatma Gandhi in Leicester has reached over 6,000 signatures – but also attracted considerable backlash both online and locally. The petition was started by a Kerri Pangulier from Derby who accused Gandhi of being a ‘racist and facist’ and called for his statue to be taken […]
A LIMERICK county councillor has saved a 16 year old boy from drowning by diving into the Shannon Estuary to rescue him. The Limerick Leader reports that the teenager was swimming at Ringmoylan Pier when he got into trouble and began struggling. Local councillor Emmett O’Brien jumped in and pulled him to safety. A member of […]
A government advisory group says that the direct provision system will cost some €200 million to provide in 2020. A Briefing note on the ongoing work of the Advisory Group on Direct Provision, which is being Chaired by Dr Catherine Day, is seeking costings from Government on what “an alternative system would look like.” The Advisory […]
The push from several quarters to start tearing down statues of Irish historical figures and rename GAA clubs has come under fire from a TD who said “it’s like the Black and Tans controversy all over again”. Mattie McGrath, the independent TD from Tipperary, hit out at calls from left-wing politicians and agitators – and also […]
New figures released from the British Department of Health show that abortion rate in England and Wales is at its highest since the 1967 Act was introduced. There were 207,384 abortions for women resident in England and Wales, and 98% of abortions were carried out under ground C, considered social abortions. Most of the abortions […]
The acclaimed author JK Rowling has defended her views on sex and gender identity after a manufactured backlash was hyped by media reporting and a social media attack campaign. Writing on her blog, Rowling says that for expressing her views “activists who clearly believe themselves to be good, kind and progressive people swarmed back into […]