Amidst all of the panic induced by the moves towards restricting travel to Ireland from overseas, several things appear to catch the attention. RTÉ’s Primetime made a big show of “calling out” people arriving back to Dublin on flights having either been on holidays as tourists, or as Spanish students and others who live here and […]
Many people in Ireland would be shocked to imagine that we have been conditioned by the media into hating a major part of our own culture & nation’s history. But nonetheless, that is exactly what has happened. In the last year or two, it’s become increasingly clear that Irish culture is under attack from the […]
A company belonging Jim Breen, the one-time star of RTE’s “Secret Millionaire” programme, owes small investors tens of thousands of euros, and has failed to discharge the debts for eight years, and is facing legal action from some investors who believe themselves to have been duped, Gript can reveal. Pulse Learning, a company which provides […]
Oh, Ian: “A DUP MP has faced criticism from parliamentary counterparts after linking the IRA with Catholicism. Ian Paisley’s reference to the sectarian murder campaign by the “Catholic IRA” drew critical responses from fellow members of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee. Mr Paisley was questioning Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis on legacy issues and was […]
Yesterday the Dáil spent two hours debating a Private Members Bill brought forward by the Independent TD from Donegal, Thomas Pringle. The Bill was the Thirty-Seventh Amendment Of The Constitution (Economic, Social And Cultural Rights) Bill 2018. If it is passed it will set in train one of the most radical revisions to the Irish […]
When a snail is threatened, it has one response, and one response only. It cannot run, because it is a snail. It has no weapons, because it is a snail. Unlike some tropical animals that can change colour, or confuse or dazzle a predator, a snail has no ability to use subtlety or disguise or […]
Yesterday, Dr. Anthony O’Connor, a consultant gastroenterologist (the speciality dealing with ailments of the stomach and digestive system and not, notably, dealing with respiratory diseases like Covid 19) announced that he would no longer continue to tweet about the Covid 19 crisis – or indeed tweet at all – after “somebody close to Stephen Donnelly” […]
So who’s buying them? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A couple would need to earn an annual income of at least €97,500 – on top of a hefty 10% deposit and other costs – to buy even the cheapest […]
During the covid lockdown, which could be the worst economic crisis in living memory, the geniuses over at Bord Na Mona have forged ahead with shutting down all peat harvesting and production, hanging even more Irish workers out to dry. All to appease a radical green lobby who wouldn’t know common sense if it jumped […]
As reported here a week ago, not only were work permits being issued to people coming from outside of the EU, but a large number had arrived in the first weeks of January from Brazil. Yes, from the country with the “deadly new strain” of the Covid virus. And as sure as night follows day, […]
Three full years of training, it takes, to become a member of An Garda Siochána, and prepare to defend the country from the ongoing threat of criminality. Gardai go through courses in law and procedures, crime and incident policing, and professional competence, to name but a few of the courses required before passing out at […]
If true, this is extraordinarily brutal, bad, and damaging news, not only in terms of the Coronavirus pandemic, and our ability to functionally protect the oldest and most vulnerable citizens – but also for public confidence in the vaccines themselves. Here’s Gavin Reilly with the headline: https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1353828630972026882 But….. is there politics involved? The Daily Mail, […]