The Irish Examiner reports that the Comptroller and Auditor General is to reveal that Katherine Zappone, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, returned €60 million to the exchequer last year. This beggars belief. We are constantly told that the persistent failure of Minister Zappone’s department to protect and provide for vulnerable children is because […]
The Law Society Gazette recently reported on a new phenomenon in Irish jails, where “male-bodied” prisoners can now be housed with women – even when said prisoners have a record of sexual assault against women. There hasn’t been a peep from Irish feminists about this. Clearly the new obsession with trans rights now takes priority over […]
The 8th amendment, which protected the right to life of both mother and child, has sadly been removed from our Constitution, but the media misreporting continues. This week, the HSE apologised to the family of a pregnant woman who had been kept on life support in December 2014 against her family’s wishes even though there […]
The harrowing media reports detailing the brutal, senseless murder of Ana Kriégel make for very difficult reading. The thought of one of our own children being caught in that indescribably horrific situation is unimaginable. Ana was only 14 when she was killed, and the manner in which she died is the stuff of nightmares. […]
Charlie Flanagan, the Minister for Justice, is doing a terrible job of balancing the needs of migrants and asylum seekers with the concerns of local communities. The sheer arrogance shown by his Department is extraordinary. They’ve refused to consult with locals before making high-handed announcements about direct provision centres opening in jig time, with everyone […]
The government’s policy of choosing to rehouse migrants and asylum seekers in small Irish towns without consulting local communities has backfired badly. Ballinamore is the latest town to begin round-the-clock protests to stop what they described as the “resettlement” of refugees and migrants being foisted on the town without consultation. As reported on this platform, last week […]
“To defend Korea, Moon must go,” Gordon Chang told the 900-strong crowd packing the in the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul for a conference entitled Preserving South Korea’s Freedom. The room erupted into sustained applause. Mr Chang, a lawyer, author and broadcaster, believes that the President of the Republic of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, is […]
For many nationalists, Sinn Féin’s craven entreaty for a return to direct rule feels like an act of treason. People fought and died for Irish freedom. Now Sinn Féin are happy to sign that freedom away in order to see abortion legalised.
It seems that the people of Oughterard in Galway are not for turning. Despite orders from Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan that they should ‘step back’ and let the government ride rough-shed over the concerns of the community, they continue to protest against the establishment of a direct provision centre they see as unworkable and inhumane. This issue […]
Last week, Gript reported the shocking news that the bodies of more than 2,000 preborn babies had been found in the residence of Ulrich Klopfer, a doctor who had performed abortions in South Bend, Indiana. Klopfer, who previously ran three abortion clinics, had been forced to close his centres when the Indiana Medical Licensing Boarded […]
Sometimes when RTÉ News covers a protest it deems worthy, the camera work gives the game away. Amnesty’s cringe-worthy disco to protest against Mike Pence was a case in point this week. Despite plenty of advance notice of this marvellous opportunity to protest the awfulness of the Trump administration, almost no-one bothered to show up. […]
The British Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has confirmed that it is pressing formal charges against a 38-year old mother after she described a transgender activist as a man on Twitter.