Apparently, when the rats drive their little cars, they experience a reduction in stress. We’ll see how long that lasts when one of them is stuck behind some fella in a white van doing 60kph on the motorway. Anyway: The study tasked adult rats with learning how to pilot a pint-sized vehicle made out of […]
The village of Keel, on Achill island, has a population of just over 500 people. From later this week, that population will increase, overnight, to almost 600, as the Department of Justice confirmed yesterday that 70 migrants are to be housed in temporary accommodation on the island. This represents an immediate population increase of nearly […]
The Government has appointed Martina Fitzgerald, the former RTE political editor, to the National Screening Advisory Committee, according to the Irish Times. Ms. Fitzgerald left RTE after a bitter and public dispute over her role with the broadcaster, which wished to replace her, and advertised the role internally. She becomes the latest in a long […]
It is quite the spectacle, for those interested, to observe the current row between Ireland’s two largest political parties. Fianna Fáil, as anyone who has not spent the last week on a hillside in the remotest part of Mongolia will know, have been uncovered taking part in what appears to be a widespread practice of […]
There is an emerging pattern in the way the Irish Government attempts to deal with its migrant accommodation crisis, and the way the policy plays out for everybody concerned. A small town, usually one hit hard by emigration and de-industrialisation, learns very late in the process – often only days or weeks before the migrants […]
The leading clinic for treating adults and children who feel that they may be transgender is being accused by a former nurse at the clinic of rushing children into hormone treatment to change their gender, in contravention of the wishes of the parents. Sue Evans, 62, a psychotherapist and mental health nurse from Beckenham, southeast […]
One of the things that Brexit has done has been to create, amongst supporters of the European Union, an almost fanatical mythology about its strength and its iron will. “There will not be a re-opening of the withdrawal agreement” was the refrain for months, nay years, leading up to this morning’s breakthrough. “There will be […]
Lewis Hamilton is, by any measure, one of the most successful sportsmen of our age. Formula One is not, sadly, the most popular sport in Ireland, and so it is easy not to appreciate the sheer genius in his fingertips when he sits behind a wheel, and few who are not fans will comprehend the […]
You won’t see much criticism of this proposal from Sinn Fein in the rest of the Irish media, but it’s the height of hypocrisy, not to mention a very bad idea: “A NEW BILL to prevent broadcasters from banning journalists from appearing on their airwaves because of their employer will be brought forward in Dáil […]
Our colleagues in the rest of the Irish media have adopted an approach to covering extinction rebellion which can at best be described as friendly, and at worst be described as outright propaganda. This article in the Irish Independent over the weekend certainly falls into the latter category. The fear is that asking hard questions […]
There has been a lot of anger from pro-choice activists this morning in relation to this new leaflet from Aontú. Downs Syndrome and abortion is an emotive subject, as citizens of the republic learned last year. Now Aontú is putting it front and centre of the ongoing debate in Northern Ireland. Debate, actually, is the […]
It has been alleged by an Italian journalist who is both an atheist and a friend of Pope Francis that the Pope told him that he does not believe that Jesus Christ is divine. Dr. Eugenio Scalfari, a 95-year-old who has regularly interviewed the Pope in the past, wrote in his column in Italy’s La […]