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The HSE paid out €2.9 million in fees to doctors providing abortions in 2019 alone, a sum described by Independent TD Carol Nolan as “staggering”. The sum only covers the cost of abortion in a community setting – usually GPs – and does not cover the cost of aborting babies in hospitals. 6,666 abortions took place […]
Drogheda photographer, Conor O’Dowd, has won the People’s Choice Award in a major international competition organised by the Down’s Syndrome Association. Conor faced stiff competition against other talented photographers from the USA, Asia, New Zealand, UK and Europe before scooping the top prize. In announcing the winner, actor Peter Davison (star of Dr Who and […]
Yesterday (Wednesday) evening, Facebook and Twitter forced the Trump campaign to remove an interview with the President in which he said, of coronavirus: “If you look at children, children are almost – and I would almost say definitely – almost immune from this disease.” Facebook claimed that the interview contained “harmful Covid misinformation.” Did it? […]
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 […]
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