Student rioters are said to be responsible for the looting of a Catholic Church in Santiago, Chile, after three weeks of protests against an increase in living costs in the country.
A video of Hong Kong police shooting a protester has sparked widespread condemnation from the city’s pro-democracy protesters.
The French protest movement known as the Yellow Vests or Gillet Jaune are now demonstrating for a year – with 52 weeks of protest racked up this weekend. https://twitter.com/ohboywhatashot/status/1193662506109153281 The French Yellow Vest protesters originally took to the streets to oppose rising fuel costs and the high costs of living took to the streets in […]
The second parliamentary elections in Spain this year have seen the biggest surge in votes for the new political party Vox, which is now the country’s third largest party. Spain has been stuck in a political deadlock since April with no clear majority to govern. With all votes now counted, Pedro Sánchez’s Socialists have won the biggest share […]
Independent TD Carol Nolan has said communities throughout Offaly and the midlands have been left devastated by the shock announcement from ESB management that both the West Offaly Power and Lough Ree Power Stations are to cease the generation of electricity at the end of December 2020. Deputy Nolan was speaking after ESB issued a […]
The two teenage boys found guilty of the murder of 14-year old Ana Kriégel last year, have been sentenced. The 15 year-old referred as Boy A has been sentenced to life in detention, with a review of his sentence in 12 years. The other party to Ana’s murder, referred to as Boy B who is […]
The new educate together secondary school, which is due to open in Castletroy, Limerick in 2021, will include fully gender-neutral toilets, its principal has confirmed. However, these toilets will be accompanied by traditional male and female toilets, should students wish to use them. Limerick Educate Together Secondary School is due to accept 1,000 students. The […]
A 29-year old man, who is wheel-chair bound, has had charges dropped against him after being arrested for publicly praying at an abortion clinic. Christian Hacking became the first person arrested by UK police for praying in public. Police bodycam footage shows officers accosting Christian Hacking after he was spotted praying quietly on the grass […]
One of the leading campaign groups in the 2018 abortion referendum says that Facebook’s Irish partner, The Journal.ie, cannot be considered a credible fact-checker because it amended its own fact-check findings during the referendum with results that benefited the Yes campaign. The Life Institute says that during the referendum The Journal rewrote and altered its previously published […]
The HSE has confirmed that getting doctors to perform abortions is a significant issue causing delay in rolling out abortion provision in Ireland. CEO of the health service, Paul Reid, said that as of August this year, nine maternity units were not performing abortions while ten hospitals were. “There are issues with regard to the geographic […]
The accident is thought to have taken place this morning at the Children’s Hospital construction site beside St. James’s Hospital, Dublin.
A leading commentator has warned of a growing climate of hostility towards religion in Ireland, after a church had graffiti daubed on its doors, the latest in a spate of attacks around the country. The doors of University Church on Stephen’s Green in Dublin were daubed with graffiti Tuesday evening. It comes after an arson […]