Mounting evidence shows that pandemic-related lockdowns and restrictions have inflicted much more harm on younger people than the coronavirus itself. A new report reveals that nearly half of 18 to 24 year-olds are “showing at least moderate depressive symptoms,” and for many the depression is severe. Researchers at Harvard, Northeastern, Rutgers, and Northwestern universities conducted eight large survey […]
It would appear once again that it is an ill Pandemic that blows no favours. Last month it emerged that one of Ireland’s premier recruitment agencies, CPL Resources, had been given the contract by the Health Services Executive (HSE) to hire contact tracers as well as additional student and graduate nurses. The contract was valued […]
If I was a male teacher in Carlow Presentation College, I would lawyer up. The lazy, dishonest and vindictive reporting and commentary around wearing school uniforms in the school has caused male teachers to be described as “paedos” and “sleazebags” who needed to be attacked and confronted. What did the terrible male teachers of Carlow Pres do? Nothing, actually. […]
If you are a young, Irish, man, then this may come as a surprise to you, but your phone, laptop, and other communications devices are not 100% secure. Your phone could be stolen. Your Gmail could be hacked. Your personal data, as we are constantly warned, is vulnerable. Maybe your password is weak, or maybe […]
So as we all know, Ireland has been under lockdown for months now, and one of the consequences of that has been a complete shutdown of religious services. The last legal Mass held in the Republic of Ireland was almost two months ago at this stage, and in Dublin, it’s been even longer. Despite protests […]
This is just one story amongst many but it raises serious questions. A 90-year-old woman, Nancy Russell, chose euthanasia last month in Toronto. She was not suffering unbearable pain. She was just sick and tired of lockdown isolation in her nursing home. According to a report in CTVNews, “Residents eat meals in their rooms, have activities […]
By now, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll have heard the disgraceful story about rampant sexism – and borderline paedophilia – in a Carlow School. If you have been living under a rock, here’s how the Journal covered it tonight: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE have signed a petition in protest over female students at […]
This week, we learned that doctors in Ireland describe the late-term abortions being carried out in Irish maternity hospitals as “stabbing a baby in the heart”. The study observing some of what is happening in regard to these abortions is every bit as shocking, disturbing and as heart-breaking as you’d imagine. But there was worse […]
First we had Golfgate, where a raft of politicians including a Minister and an EU Commissioner joined a Supreme Court judge and various broadcasters and political elites to golf, dine and mingle in the middle of a Coronavirus lockdown. The anger expressed at the flouting of the rules was exacerbated by the fact that some of those […]
A new study in the Journal of Genocide Research, ‘Why Scholars and Activists Increasingly Fear a Uyghur Genocide in Xinjiang”, argues that China’s repression of the Uighur people is increasingly being seen by academics and legal professionals as meeting the strict legal definition of genocide. “China can no longer be regarded as an authoritarian country […]
You can imagine my surprise when I received a flyer from someone connected to mywaste.ie informing me that if I do not sign up to some form of paid waste collection process I will be fined. In theory, this is part of a practice of deterring fly-tipping. The fine will not be for illegal dumping […]
If we are to have Christmas this year, according to the World Health Organisation, it should be “risk free”. And they are worried, would you believe, that this might not be possible: THE WORLD HEALTH Organization (WHO) has said that avoiding family gatherings would be “the safest bet” over Christmas, insisting there is no zero-risk […]