“I’m a hostage, and this villa has been converted into a jail, all the windows are barred shut.” “I was told I would never see the sun again”. Last night, BBC’s Panorama aired a disturbing programme featuring the secretly-recorded video messages from Princess Latifa Al Maktoum, the daughter of Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed, to her friends, explaining that she […]
Millions of people living in India live in densely populated surroundings, with only limited access to clean water, and without the resources to ensure food and other hygiene. These conditions make people additionally susceptible to being infected with Covid -19 and India has recorded almost 11 million cases of the disease to date – or some 16% of […]
Josepha Madigan has come under fire for the second time after making what were deemed to be unacceptable remarks about children with special needs. In fact, no sooner had she read an apology for one misstatement into the Dáil, than she had to make a second for another claim which equally appalled the already hard-pressed […]
The taxpayer funded state broadcaster RTÉ has apologised after receiving 600 complaints over a supposedly humourous sketch that was aired during its New Year’s Eve countdown show. There was an outpouring of criticism of the clip and Archbishop Eamon Martin called for it to be removed from the station’s player because it accused God of […]
Peter Nygard, described in the press as a ‘fashion mogul’ has been arrested and charged with trafficking dozens of women and teenage girls – with offences apparently regularly taking place in his private island in the Bahamas. Nygard, 79, owns a Canadian fashion house and it is claimed he lured his alleged victims to his Bahamas estate over […]
Horrific news via the Catholic Herald and Aid to the Church in Need today. They report that “the Sindh High Court in Karachi, Pakistan, has validated the marriage of a 13-year-old Catholic girl to a Muslim man who abducted her.” Thirteen year old Arzoo Raja had been kidnapped from outside her home on October 13th. […]
Research carried out in India’s commercial capital, the packed city of Mumbai, found that more than half of the residents of the slums examined in three areas of the city tested positive for antibodies to the coronavirus. The survey showed that 57% of the people living in these densely populated areas may now be immune […]
A new study has found that patients hospitalised with Covid-19 were much less likely to die if they were treated with the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. Treatment with hydroxychloroquine cut the death rate significantly in sick patients hospitalized with COVID-19 – and without heart-related side-effects, according to a new study published by Henry Ford Health System […]
The British newspaper, the Guardian, is possibly the most tediously woke media organ on the planet. It never found a progressive cause it didn’t like and constantly lectures us ordinary folk on our many failings including our “privilege” and our need for shame and for re-education. The past week, the paper has been unusually quiet on revelations that […]
Climate change is only a top priority for 8% of voters according to a new poll from Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll. In fact, it’s only a leading concern for 4% of Fianna Fáil voters, with the same percentage of Fine Gael supporters choosing the issue as the most important task facing the government. When voters […]
Harry Potter author, JK Rowling, is a “complete scum” and a “transphobic f**k”. according to trans activists and the mob that follows them. She’s been told to “die in a hole” and that she’s a “c**t”literally thousands of times in the past two days. The abuse is personal, vindictive and pretty horrendous – and it’s […]
A woman has lost her bid to have her mother’s tombstone engraved with a saying written in Irish without translation in an English cemetery. BBC reports that Caroline Newey’s mother, Margaret Keane died two years ago and is buried in the cemetery at the Meadows in Ash Green, Coventry. Mrs Newey wanted her mother’s headstone […]