Air Canada flight staff will no longer greet guests as “ladies and gentlemen” or “mesdames et messieurs,” after changes in company policy to reflect claims of gender fluidity and non-binary identities.
Lisa Smith and her two-year-old child are said to be among 900 women and children that have escaped a detention camp for ISIS members that was bombed by Turkish warplanes in northern Syria.
The breakthrough deal may put an end to further advances by the Turkish army, as it is likely that Kurdish hopes of an independent state have diminished with the arrival of the Syrian army
A full review of the screening process in Irish maternity hospitals has been called for after another shocking story published today revealed a woman considered abortion after the Rotunda wrongly diagnosed a number of anomalies. The Irish Sun reported that “a pregnant woman was told by doctors her baby had a string of serious health problems only for the […]
Next Sunday Pope Francis will proclaim John Henry Newman a saint. To mark this important event, the Central Catholic Library in Dublin is hosting a talk and an exhibition which includes some original letters, first editions of Newman’s books and other items. Cardinal Newman has strong connections to Dublin as he founded the Catholic University […]
Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, has been remanded in custody once more pending an extradition hearing next February which could see him transferred to the USA on spying charges.
At least four people have been stabbed by a man in his 40’s at Manchester’s Arndale Shopping Centre. The incident is being investigated by counter-terror police.
Two Fine Gael TDs, Maria Bailey and Alan Farrell, made unjustifiable claims amounting to €6,000, with Farrell claiming that the €4,214.79 he must pay back was claimed for work done in 2016, but invoiced in early 2017.
Proctor and Gamble, the consumer goods giant that owns brands such as Charmin and Bounty, is facing increasing pressure from environmentalists to start using recycled wood pulp in the manufacture of its toilet paper.
A former captain of the Tyrone GAA football ladies team says she may now vote for the DUP because of the party’s pro-life stance. GAA star, Lisa O’Hare, who captained the Tyrone ladies team to become Ulster champions in 2000 told BBC that she can no longer vote for either Sinn Féin or the SDLP […]
A harrowing story of attempted suicide posted by well-known Dublin MMA fighter and rapper Rob Steenson went viral and helped to save other young people contemplating suicide. Today, on World Mental Health Day, Steenson told that he had previously posted on social media about his attempt to take his own life when he was 16 […]
Next Tuesday, October the 15th, the Compass Series will be holding their second public event, with a panel discussion addressing the question ‘Is the State Too Powerful’, followed by a Q&A. The event will be taking place in Buswell’s Hotel at 7pm. The panel for the event will consist of the Gript editor John McGuirk, […]