The big news this morning is that the Social Democrats have decided that the time is ripe for a vote of no confidence in Eoghan Murphy: “THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATS are to table a motion of no confidence in housing minister Eoghan Murphy. Party co-leader Róisín Shortall confirmed this morning that the party will publish the […]
A few months ago, shortly after this website launched, we were one of the very few voices to stand up for Young Fine Gael President, Killian Foley-Walsh, after he and some colleagues were denounced for attending a conference in Washington D.C. held by the Young Americas Foundation. A quick reminder: “The young man in the […]
This business of demanding that social media censor every opinion that we don’t like just isn’t going to end well. Here’s another press hit this morning for the Minister for blaming everybody but himself for Health: “HEALTH MINISTER SIMON Harris is to meet with a number of social media companies today to discuss the spread […]
An interesting question posed on twitter this morning by David Quinn: Caroline West of DCU wants children taught 'porn literacy'. Question; does she share the view of some researchers in this area that there is such a thing as 'ethical porn', or does she believe porn is bad, per se? #todaysor — David Quinn (@DavQuinn) […]
It’s worth recalling that Arlene Foster was eight years old in 1979 when her father, John Kelly (Foster is her married name) was shot in the head in the driveway of the family home. Speaking about the experience in 2015, she recalled: “I was eight when my father, John Kelly, was shot – I hadn’t […]
The Journal.ie reports this morning that there appears to be no end in sight to Ireland’s newly declared direct provision wars: THE GOVERNMENT IS looking at housing thousands of asylum seekers in new Direct Provision centres in the coming years. The numbers of people arriving to seek international protection in the state has risen 50% […]
More evidence, one might argue, that progress and compassion aren’t necessarily linear. More people died of drug-related causes last year than at any time in the history of the State, new figures cited in the Dáil show. 736 people in Ireland died last year of drug-related causes, compared to just 431 in 2004, an increase […]
New figures released by the National Cancer Registry of Ireland show that Breast Cancer patients treated in a private hospital have a significantly greater chance of survival than women who are treated in public hospitals. The annual NCRI report is the most authoritative source for information on cancer survival rates in Ireland. It shows that […]
It’s good advice in life to try and find yourself something that you are as passionate and excited about as Jo Swinson, the leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats, is, about pushing the nuclear button and causing a nuclear holocaust: Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson says she would use nuclear weapons and answers other quick questions […]
Ever since notorious paedophile, and regular guest of the Royal Family, Jeffrey Epstein, did away with himself in prison on August 10th of this year, the conspiracy theory about his death has become one of the most popular on the internet. Right up there with the notion that the moon landings were faked, or that […]
It’s buried away in paragraph 13 of Colm Keena’s report in the Irish Times today, which doesn’t really do this news justice. Another blow for liberty is about to be struck against the repression and cruelty of Catholic Ireland: “The commission will also look at the law on incest, which criminalises vaginal sexual intercourse between […]
Boris Johnson may well end up losing the British General election – but if he does, it won’t be because of his policy on immigration. For the last ten days he has hammered the opposition Labour Party for favouring an open immigration policy, with no restrictions on freedom of movement, while saying that if re-elected, […]