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A new tide of pro-life energy, dubbed the Blue Wave, is sweeping across South and Central America, and achieving welcome victories for mothers and babies. Last month, the Mexican Supreme Court voted down a injunction which would have required the state of Veracruz to legalize abortion. The injucntion, granted by a lower court, was a bid to […]
Last Saturday, thousands of people took part in a rally calling for many of the Covid-19 restrictions to be lifted, and arguing that mask-wearing and vaccinations should not be mandatory. Whatever your feelings on the aims of the rally, it’s safe to say that the demonstration was much bigger than the media had expected it to […]
In the last few days we learned that the Department of Social Protection has been busy tracking down people who have had the temerity to take a holiday while in receipt of Covid-19 welfare support – and punishing them by cutting off that payment. 104 people have had their Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) stopped “as […]
A Co. Meath Councillor who has called for the classic novels ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and “Of Mice and Men” to be removed from the school curriculum, has admitted he didn’t actually read either book. ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee has been acclaimed for decades as a modern classic […]
Poland’s justice minister says the country will take steps today to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, saying it is being used to force schools to teach children that gender is a social construct, which violates the rights of parents. Minister Zbigniew Ziobro told a news conference that the Convention “contains elements of an ideological nature, […]
Last week, we reported on a startling study from The Lancet which warned that a population crash – where the number of people in a country starts to shrink – was fast-approaching and would have a devastating impact on societies. With fewer and fewer young people to support an ageing world population, we face massive […]
The Traveller Pride festival has been taking place since Monday for two weeks and it features a host of gifted and award-winning musicians and performers such as the traditional singer Thomas McCarthy and Ireland’s Got Talent star, Sharyn Ward. Many of those taking part in the events point to the relentlessly negative portrayal of Travellers in the […]
Today FM presenter Matt Cooper has come under fire for his softball interview with controversial activist Peter Tatchell, whose comments on paedophila and sex with children have come under the spotlight again after photos of the campaigner emerged with the Minister for Children and other people of influence in Irish society. Cooper opened the sympathetic segment on The […]
Right now, it feels as if there are two very distinct realities in this country. For a rapidly shrinking number of people, Covid-19 is still being taken seriously. The press conferences with the Department of Health are being closely watched, social distancing is carefully practised, and the remaining lockdown restrictions are being observed. Then for […]
If a week is a long time in politics then Sinn Féin must be feeling that anytime with coronavirus is an eternity – and an eternity during which the party went from hero to zero in the blink of an eye. Back in February, which now seems like a lifetime ago, Sinn Féin were understandably […]
Leo Varadkar, or so the polls tell us, is the darling of the nation. He saved us all from Covid and can do no wrong. Polls show that 88% of Irish people believe the government did a good job of handling the Covid crisis – while an almost unprecedented 72% expressed satisfication with the government. […]