Abortion supporters have long insisted that preborn babies can’t feel pain – but scientists, including a ‘pro-choice’ pain expert, now say new evidence shows some babies could suffer pain as they are aborted. The medical researchers say that while it had been argued previously that pain could not be experienced before 24 weeks, “it is now […]
People with Down Syndrome are showing the world that there should be no limitations to what they can achieve. Karen Gaffney amazed Irish audiences in 2017 when she shared her story of becoming a champion swimmer, TED talker and recipient of an honorary doctorate, shattering many of the stereotypes of people with Down Syndrome – […]
The couple whose baby was aborted after a misdiagnosis of a severe anomaly at the National Maternity Hospital have now been left waiting 10 months for an investigation into their devastating experience. The abortion took place in March 2019, just three months after the procedure was legalised in Ireland. The results of tests seen after […]
Last week, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties were excitedly tweeting that they were preparing a report for Simon Harris which could help to ban pro-life vigils at abortion centres. Now they have reported that they have sent their “investigation” to the Minister, and issued a call for immediate action on the issue, seeking to make […]
There’s a couple of days to Christmas and there’s no better way to capture some of the magic than to forget the shopping and the drinks for a while and enjoy some of the wonderful traditions that make Christmas so memorable and special. 1. Indulge in Christmas baking Nothing else smells quite like Christmas […]
Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has survived a vote of no-confidence, mostly because Fianna Fáil abstained from voting against the government they continue to prop up despite the crisis in health and housing. The vote took place on the same day that the Department of Housing released October figures showing that another new record has been set […]
The plan by The UN Population Fund to host a recent government conference on “sexual and reproductive health” in Kenya backfired as Kenyans fought back attempts to export Western sexual norms into Africa. The UN Nairobi Summit was greeted by pro-life street protests and accusations of neo-colonialism. The Kenyan legislature forbade UNFPA access to the […]
The decision by the Dublin Town business group to coin a new moniker – the ‘Grafton Quarter’ – for Grafton Street and its environs attracted some controversy recently. However, most reporting missed what is, to me, the bigger story: the decision to ditch the much-loved Nollaig Shona Duit signage as part of the Grafton Street Christmas lights. […]
This week, police in Hong Kong increased their brutal and often violent treatment of pro-democracy protesters. Yet this is what Sky News reported. And CNBC And Al Jazeera Carrie Lam is the chief executive of Hong Kong and a tool of the repressive Chinese government, who have abused the human rights […]
We’ve only got twelve years left folks. The Amazon is on fire, the polar bears are all dead, and we are doomed, totally doomed, without even a good steak to get us through the apocalypse. I don’t know really why you’re headed to work today, or why all those Irish Times columnists and Greenpeace activists […]
Christianity would have formed a central part of the lives of both the aristocracy and the ordinary people in Britain at the time, yet the historical adviser to the programme Alastair Bruce revealed that executives were in a “panic” about anything religious being seen on the show.