682 British Children have been investigated and referred to a UK Government counter-terrorism programme over alleged “far right” activity, according to Sky News: Home Office figures show a dramatic rise in the number of under-18s referred to the government’s counter-terrorism programme Channel over concerns about their possible involvement with the far-right. A total of 682 […]
The furore over the video played by Irish soccer manager, Stephen Kenny, prior to Ireland’s match against England appears on the face of it to be somewhat farcical. The “motivational” film – whose efficacy might best be judged by the fact that Ireland lost 3 – 0 – seems to have offended certain people because of […]
What must poor Dara Calleary be thinking, having resigned his job as minister for agriculture for the crime of having eaten a few spuds? And Seán O’Rourke, you’ll recall, has been blacklisted from RTÉ for attending the same dinner. It’s one rule for those two, and another for other people, apparently: Some of RTÉ’s top […]
A Supreme Court judge in British Columbia stopped doctors from performing a “gender-affirming” double mastectomy on a 17-year-old Vancouver girl. The girl’s mother had appealed to the court for an injunction, which Justice Shelley C. Fitzpatrick granted for three weeks. The teenager began hormone treatment in July as part of her transition and was scheduled […]
This week Aontu introduced a bill seeking to criminalise media companies who allow children to access pornography. But would you be in favour of a complete ban on ALL pornography? VOTE in our Poll below and leave your comments here and on social media.
In a country with ten thousand homeless people and a housing crisis, Dublin City Council rejected a plan to build 850 new homes in Coolock which would have cost taxpayers almost nothing. Ben Scallan reacts. #gript
Irish politicians and media talking heads aren’t reliable for much, but one thing you can always count on, with 100% certainty, is this: they will never miss a chance to virtue signal. No matter what the issue at hand is, you can rest assured, if it’s trendy and woke, they’ll be on it fast enough […]
This Saturday will mark the hundredth anniversary of one of the most dramatic days in the Irish War of Independence. On Sunday November 21, 1920 the killing of 16 British intelligence and military personnel was followed by a retaliatory attack by British forces on a Gaelic football match between Dublin and Tipperary in Croke Park […]
Two and a half years ago, those of us who raised the horrifying possibility that Irish babies might be born alive as a result of abortions, and left to suffer slow, painful deaths, were denounced as scaremongering monsters who were out to upset women and lie to the public. But we were telling the truth. […]
Autonomy is the fundamental principle of contemporary bioethics – or most of it. In moral dilemmas, the path leading to greater autonomy is normally the right one. But are there exceptions? In a fascinating article in the Journal of Medical Ethics, Laura Williamson, of Augusta University, in Georgia, argues that substance abuse is a disorder for […]
On Tuesday of this week the Seanad debated the second stage of the Criminal Justice (Hate Crime) Bill 2020, which is being brought forward by Senators O’Loughlin, Chambers, and Gallagher. The Bill has mostly slipped under the radar but that is not to say it is a minor bill – if it were to be […]
The good news is indicated by the findings of research which analysed immune memory in those who had recovered from Covid-19, and found that, eight months after infection, most people still had enough immune cells to fight off the virus and prevent another illness. The researchers reported a powerful, long-lasting response, and, while the findings […]