Once again the latest statistics from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment prove that the restrictions on the domestic economy and the movements of Irish citizens within their own localities, does not seem to have impacted on the overseas corporations who operate here. The number of work permits issued in April was 999, which […]
The 38 people were known to homeless services around the country, with 30 of the deaths happening within the Dublin area.
Photo credit: Houses of the Oireachtas There are, perhaps, few better jobs in Ireland than being a member of Seanad Eireann. It’s true, of course, that the salary (basic pay of €69,474) is not quite at the level of a TD (basic pay of €98,113), but that ignores quite a few other advantages. For example, […]
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Long standing, and highly respected ex-RTE political editor David Davin Power had a one-word response to this video, yesterday afternoon: “Remarkable”. #China has completed greatest poverty reduction programme in human history, while #Homelessness in the West is at record levels. In last 40 years China bombed nobody or isn't Sanctioning any countries to death – […]
Ann Kioko is a big deal in the Kenyan pro-life community. The 32-year-old is the Africa Campaigns Director for CitizenGo, an international online petition platform pledged to “defend and promote life, family and liberty.” In one of her most stunning successes in this role, she led a campaign which convinced the government of Kenya to suspend the operations of Marie Stopes […]
There have been few major electoral contests in the western democracies in the Age of the Lockdown. The Madrid regional elections held yesterday are the most significant, and were regarded as partly a referendum on how the Covid panic has been handled nationally by the left PSOE/Podemos government. If that was the case, the election […]
The legislation which permits lockdowns was set to expire on 9th November last, but the Oireachtas extended it. It is expected the government will push for it to be extended yet again, beyond the current expiry date of 9th June. That should not happen. The legislation is Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection […]
As an instinctive authoritarian with a healthy degree of scepticism about “the youth”, let me just say this: Is it time for a second look at the Social Democrats? A Dublin councillor says a change to drinking laws, and curfews on younger people, could be a solution to anti-social behaviour. Social Democrats councillor for Howth […]
According to the taxpayer funded lobby group which came up with the idea, “Minimum Unit Pricing” for alcohol is a simple enough idea. Here is what they say: “Minimum unit pricing (MUP) is a “floor price” beneath which alcohol cannot legally be sold and is based on the amount of alcohol in a product, measured […]
RTÉ’s Social Affairs and Religion Correspondent Ailbhe Conneely is going to bless us with a series this week “exploring racism in Ireland.” Well, colour me pink. Why has no one ever tackled this thorny subject up to now? If there is not some sort of bursary or paper hat for this daring initiative, then there […]