The media, and the state, are presently engaged in a great and historic national effort to make Green Party members feel like they have no option but to vote for the draft Programme for Government. Like all good guilt trips, it has begun this morning with an extensive reminder of how lucky they are, and […]
Well, if you’ve ever watched Braveheart, you already knew he was an all-around bad egg, so in fairness, he probably was a racist as well, right? These people certainly think so: https://twitter.com/STVSophie/status/1271395157074685952 Robert the Bruce died on June 7th, 1329, 691 years ago last Sunday, so unfortunately it’s probably not going to be possible to […]
So finally, in Ireland, we have discovered the breaking point for the establishment’s tolerance of the woke mob: Eamon Ryan. Universally, it is agreed, those who came yesterday for poor Eamon’s head had simply lost the run of themselves altogether. It didn’t matter that they were in the Green Party themselves. It didn’t matter that […]
You do not have to be a member of people before profit to know that this is a big no-no. It is the rough equivalent of going to mass and publicly spitting out the host after communion. It is not against the law, or anything, but it is horrendously offensive: The 'n-word' has been used […]
Begun, the statue wars have: British public defending cultural heritage in Poole. Baden-Powell statue now not being removed today. pic.twitter.com/qJuakSQVyo — Michael Heaver (@Michael_Heaver) June 11, 2020 The statue in question, naturally enough, is of some bloke you haven’t heard of, who founded the scouts. And trust me, the people who want it taken down […]
Just one in ten Irish people between the ages of 18 and 34 considers themselves to be happy, according to these new figures from the CSO. The general level of happiness improves with age, but not by much. 14% of those who are aged between 35 and 44 say they are happy, and it rises […]
Give the man credit: He never shies away from the difficult jobs: The Taoiseach @LeoVaradkar has said Ireland 'definitely needs to bring in new laws around hate speech and hate crimes' and also needs an anti-racism awareness campaign. He told #2FMbreakfast such legislation 'isn't easy to introduce' due to the right to freedom of speech. […]
Can you imagine the scenes in People before Profit headquarters sometime yesterday afternoon? They’ll have been watching events across the water (in both directions) and seen how popular it is, all of a sudden, to tear down statues of people who allegedly committed crimes in the middle ages, and they’ll have wanted to get in […]
The latest from the never-ending talks to form a new Government, courtesy of Pat Leahy, who listens to this nonsense so the rest of us don’t have to: Talks on forming a government were continuing on Monday night with senior figures in all three parties involved admitting privately that the coming days represent a “do-or-die” […]
You may all be distracted by less important things, like the riots and discord engulfing the western world, and that’s why it’s important that those of us who bring you the news highlight the truly grave injustices that are being perpetrated on the people: Guidelines for reopening the hospitality industry following the Covid-19 lockdown are […]
In the middle of Bristol, until yesterday, there was a statue of a man who bought Africans and sold them as slaves in America. You might think, having read that sentence, that the very bad people of Bristol were so enamoured of slavery that they decided to honour a slave trader with a statue, as […]
There is something about that phrase in the headline – “black crimes matter” – that makes you flinch, isn’t there? There is at least a part of you that thinks it is racist. We’re conditioned, as Irish people, and indeed as white people, to be on edge as soon as the word “crime” appears next […]