Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has submitted the Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2019 to the Dáil. The Bill aims to make the online provision of pornography to children illegal, and has been drafted in response to growing concerns from parents about easy access to pornography online. Deputy Tóibín said “The proliferation of […]
One of the earliest investors in Facebook, Sean Parker, says that the platform was knowingly designed to be addictive. “God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains,” he added. Speaking at an Axios event, Parker – who was a founding president of Facebook – said” When Facebook was getting going, I had these people […]
Local elections in Hong Kong, the first since the wave of protests began six months ago, have seen massive gains by pro-democracy candidates. Hong Kong media reports suggest that 17 of the 18 local councils now have a majority of pro-democracy councillors. Nearly three million people votes – doubling the turnout in the last election […]
A case taken by a pro-life teenager who was subject to a deluge of fake news and defamation after the March for Life in Washington last year has been cleared to proceed a federal judge has ruled. Nick Sandmann’s is taking a €275 million defamation suit against NBC Universal for their news coverage of him […]
Farmers from across Ireland are planning a national tractor protest in Dublin later this week to campaign against what they say is the Government’s continued discrimination of our farming community and rural Ireland as a whole. The protest is not being organised by the IFA or any other farming organisation, and appears to be a […]
Senator Rónán Mullen has urged the Irish Wheelchair Association to commit to a ‘stay of execution’ around its proposed closure of the Cuisle respite facility in Donamon, Co Roscommon, calling for additional time to facilitate community and political efforts to keep the centre open. Mullen participated in an emergency 3.5 hours meeting of the Joint […]
The US Senate has passed legislation supporting “human rights and democracy” in Hong Kong – and also threatening to revoke the territory’s special economic status, in a clear message to Chinese authorities about its brutal crackdown on protests in the region. The bill – theHong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act – will update the original […]
Sky News is reporting that there were over 84,000 repeat abortions in Britain last year.
Students at at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have been told by police that live bullets will be used against pro-democracy protesters who have been under siege for a week at the college. This morning, police broke through the makeshift barricades erected by students, who had held out against against tear gas, water cannon and police trucks for the […]
The final Compass event of 2019 is taking place on November 26th, and will involve a discussion around the title: ‘Is feminism vital in Ireland today?’ The panel-based discussion will be taking place in Buswell’s in Dublin city centre at 7pm, and features The Irish Independent journalist Barbara McCarthy, the independent Senator and academic Marie […]
The newest political party in Northern Ireland has nominated seven candidates to contest the elections for Westminster in December. Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín said the party was proud to announce the candidates as: Dr Anne McCloskey in Foyle, Dr Seán McNicholl forEast Derry, James Hope contesting West Tyrone, Paul Brady in South Down, Monica Digney contesting a seat […]
A group of human Rights and Social Justice Advocates are travelling to Hong Kong this week to report first hand from the democracy and freedom protests there. Chaos has erupted across the territory as police, under the direction of authorities who are widely held to be puppets of the Chinese Communist party, crack down on […]