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 […]
A 13-year old boy with a diagnosis of autism and a history of violent and aggressive behaviour has been stuck in Temple Street Children’s Hospital for almost seven months, because the HSE is refusing to fund a residential care place available for him. Daniel Hurley’s distraught parents say that keeping their child in Temple Street […]
Under a deal struck between Russia and Turkey in Sochi yesterday, Russian border police and Syrian soldiers will now patrol a safe-zone extending along the entire northeastern border of Syria, creating a 30km-deep buffer zone into the country’s territory.
Pro-life activists have protested the SDLP on the Ormeau Road, Belfast today, because of what they described as the party’s “betrayal” of voters on the abortion issue.