Pro-life groups have welcomed the decision of a Tyrone priest to refuse the use of a church hall for a prominent Sinn Féín meeting. The party’s Vice President, Michelle O’Neill was to attend the meeting at a hall in St Patrick’s Church in Coalisland, but parish priest Fr Eugene O’Neill intervened to withdraw the use […]
Are these her “golden years”. A photo of a homeless elderly lady eating her dinner at a window sill on the streets of Dublin has revealed the extent of the crisis in Ireland. The particular frailty of elderly people is often overlooked in the discussion, those working with homeless people said. The image moved them […]
At the Farmers Protest in Dublin City Centre 14th January 2020
Free speech activists are slamming a civil liberties group for calling for restrictions on the right to protest and assemble and also for legislation which would likely be used to curtail freedom of expression. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has called on candidates in the upcoming general election to commit to a list […]
“We’ve one Garda station for an area the size of Limerick,” Edward McManus of Aontú told over a hundred residents of the Dublin suburb of Castleknock who turned out to attend the latest in a series of public meetings on tackling crime in the area. Describing the current bail laws as a ‘joke’ and calling […]
Anger and upset is being expressed on social media this morning after it was reported that a homeless man had to undergo surgery for “life-changing injuries” after his tent was removed by “an industrial vehicle”. The man is now in a serious condition in hospital. He was sleeping in a tent near the Grand Canal […]
Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan has called on Catholics to “wake up” to a new culture trying to “undo the truths tuths of the entire Judeo-Christian system from the ground up.” The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore said that efforts were being made to redefine “the meaning of personhood, of marriage, of the family, and classifying people […]
A Wexford Councillor has accused “Dublin-centric politicians” of encouraging “misinformation and anti-farmer propaganda” at a time when farmers are struggling. Sharing a photo of the controversial Go Vegan billboards which have been seen throughout the country in the past few months, Codd said: “while our farmers are watching their livelihood and rural Ireland’s way of life desecrated, […]
A video posted by the Irish Coast Guard warning people not top approach breaking waves along the coast during Storm Brendan has gone viral, racking up 200,000 views in a matter of hours. The video shows walkers on Redcar beach in Britain getting into difficulty as powerful breaking waves on the coast start to drag them away. […]
An arson attack on a pro-life journalist has been condemned by a right to life group as “menacing” and unacceptable. Right to Life UK reported that a German pro-life journalist was targeted by extreme abortion advocates because he promoted the country’s March for Life. The group Feministische Autonome Zelle set Gunnar Schupelius’s car on fire and […]
If your New Year’s resolution was to look for a new job, this might be of interest. The Blasket Islands are described as “fantastically beautiful” on Trip Advisor – and might be the ideal place to live for someone looking for a new position with a difference. As the Twitter post from Great Blasket Island says: […]
A US Department of Justice investigation into alleged wrongdoings by then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has “largely finished” after the lead investigator reportedly “found nothing worth pursuing.”