“Housing”, we are told by the Irish left, “is a human right”. It’s an interesting statement, in that it is both ambitious, and hugely limiting. On the one hand, there clearly is a human right to shelter, and not to be left exposed to the elements. On the other hand, a “house” is not a […]
The Department of Justice’ public consultation on reviewing the legislation on hate speech comes to a close on Friday the 13th. (You can make a submission or answer a survey here) No more suitable day for the shambles of a process that it has been. In parallel, the Irish Human Rights Commissioner Emily Logan stated […]
Picture the scene, if you will, five years from now, in the Dáil. Taoiseach Simon Harris is on his feet in the chamber, trying to defend his Government’s decision to end the rent freeze legislation introduced in 2019. For the past five years, rents have been frozen in place, giving, according to Harris, “valuable breathing […]
As everyone knows, mostly because it’s the subject of endless, fawning news reporting, former President Mary McAleese has been busy bashing the Catholic Church recently while also being nominated as Chancellor of Trinity College. She might have been surprised, then, to see an article in the University Times take her to task in the most strident […]
New research published by the Irish Heart Foundation and the Irish Cancer Society shows that these organisations are not interested in evidence but are rather interested in engaging is some sort of bizarre ideological crusade against vaping. The research, which was launched this week by Minister Simon Harris, is of such poor quality, and so […]
You’d best get the weekly shop done today if you want fresh stuff in for the rest of the week, because SuperValu might not have their normal range of fresh food tomorrow: Day 4 of the @IFAmedia beef price protest. A blockade has been placed outside the Musgraves distribution centre in Kilcock this morning pic.twitter.com/n0CP96or5o […]
The Duke of York’s very public trial regarding allegations connected to the late Jeffrey Epstein is not only a major embarrassment for his family, and supporters of the monarchy generally, but exposes a disturbing nexus between the very powerful and the sexual exploitation of underage girls and boys. Epstein apparently committed suicide in August before […]
On 7th December, the National Graves Association unveiled a statue in Finglas commemorating Liam Mellows who was executed on December 8, 1922 by Free State forces. Mellows was born in Lancashire into a British army family. When his father was transferred to Dublin he spent some years with his mother’s family in Wexford. He joined […]
Last week, Independent left-wing MEP Clare Daly took part in a panel discussion on RTÉ’s European Parliament Report with Colm Ó Mongáin. She was asked about the China Cables – leaked documents which confirmed that the Chinese authorities are running a vast chain of concentration camps which are being used to imprison and brutalise over […]
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 […]
A group representing people with disabilities has said that the International Day of People with Disabilities should be an occasion to remember those whose lives were ended by abortion because a condition was diagnosed in utero. “Today is International Day of People with Disability. Big shout out to everyone out there living with a disability,” they wrote. “On this day, […]
“These are the only black and tans we’ll be supporting”, shouted Mary-Lou amid rapturous cries of ‘Allahu Akbar’ from supporters, “and you can tell all the begrudgers to take a running jump off…”, at which point the microphone was cut and Smith awkwardly averted her gaze.