Senior gynaecologist Dr. Aoife Mullally has been appointed as the HSE’s clinical lead for abortion services in Ireland, having previously acted as Lead Consultant in the labour ward of the Coombe Hospital.
US soldiers are currently firing tear gas and stun grenades from the rooftop of the US embassy after hundreds of Shia protestors stormed the Baghdad compound following airstrikes on pro-Iranian Hezbollah forces which killed 25 militants on Sunday.
Minister for Health Simon Harris has only met with the board of the controversial Children’s Hospital twice in three years, it has been revealed.
Offaly councillors have clashed over the issue of immigration and asylum at their December meeting, with housing emerging as a key difficulty for some representatives. The Offaly Express reports that the exchanges arose over the adoption of Offaly’s new migrant integration strategy for 2020 to 2024. Cllr John Leahy (IND) thanked staff for work on the […]
A new study has found that the number of abortions on babies with life-limiting conditions has doubled since abortion legislation was introduced in Ireland in January of this year. The Irish Independent reports that a conference of the Irish Congress of Obstetricians, Gynaecology and Perinatal Medicine heard that the new law saw an increase in the number […]
More than three million people have signed petitions on various platforms calling on Netflix to cancel a film which Christians say is deliberately offensive and an “unacceptable provocation”. The work, by Brazilian YouTube group, Portas Do Fondos was bought by Netflix but has been condemned by Christians worldwide who decided to buy its production and distribution […]
JK Rowling has been slammed by transgender activists after she defended a UK charity worker who was fired for insisting that biological sex exists and is immutable.
If you’re short a present or two for Christmas then Thomas Barry has just what you need. The 34-year old from Tallaght is the owner of Thomas’s Trendy Socks, and his stall at the Dún Laoghaire Christmas Market is attracting a lot of attention this year. Thomas has Down Syndrome and other serious illnesses including a […]
Lisa Smith was granted bail today in the High Court as she awaits trial for suspected membership of a terrorist organization.
The Catholic Bishops of Northern Ireland have issued a strong statement calling on the faithful to oppose the new abortion law. The Bishops say that “they wish to make clear that the new abortion law established under the provisions of the Northern Ireland Act 2019, is an unjust law. As a consequence, no one is […]
An initiative in County Mayo to transport people in need of cataract surgery to Belfast for treatment has been a huge success, the organiser says. The patients were treated at one of the best private hospitals in the North, and will be reimbursed under the cross border directive, a HSE supported scheme. “After waiting for […]
Bray boxer Katie Taylor has picked up yet another major accolade, this time being awarded by the Boxing Writers of America Association as their 2019 ‘Female Fighter of the Year’.