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 […]
A “porn workshop” featuring ‘porn alphabet games’ is being advocated by a leading campaigner for a new Sexual Education programme for school children. A selection of potential terms to be explained in workshops was posted by Kate Dawson of NUIG, a porn studies advocate and sexual educator, on her Twitter feed. In a tweet […]
A well-known Belfast priest has won praise after he said that politicians who supported laws which foisted abortion onto Northern Ireland should be refused Holy Communion. Political campaigners sought to stir controversy about the priest’s comments, but he has been commended for showing leadership and courage by Catholics in Northern Ireland who feel betrayed by politicians who co-operated […]
A gold medalist sprinter has described the inclusion of athletes born male in women’s sports, as unfair, adding that we’re “living in ridiculous times.” Top British sprinter James Ellington made his comment s on Twitter , after transgender cyclist, Rachel McKinnon, who was born male, won gold for a second time at the Masters Track […]
A wheelchair-bound four-year-old girl is said to be traumatised after being screamed at by a man on her way to school and told she “shouldn’t have been born.”
The resolution was defeated by two votes, leading to considerable criticism of the four Fine Gael MEPs who helped to vote it down.
Pro-life politicians and campaigning organisations have said they will fight on to overturn the abortion law imposed on North of Ireland by the British Parliament. Speaking in Stormont this week, Arlene Foster, leader of the DUP said the failure of the other political parties to come to the devolved North of Ireland Parliament to prevent […]
More than 100 parents attended a meeting held by Aontú’s Edward McManus in Blanchardstown last night where proposals to introduce explicit sex-education to young children were described as a breach of parental trust and “deeply shocking and sexually inappropriate”. Parents at the meeting expressed anger and concern that the changes were being presented by government bodies […]