This weekend, the Irish people were treated to an extraordinary tale of woe, courtesy of Kitty Holland in the Irish Times. Steady yourselves before reading this one. As they say on the news, this report contains details that some readers might find…. upsetting: Social tenants in a luxury apartment complex in Dublin say they are […]
An expert on women’s issues has rung alarm bells about the potential for eugenics in China’s latest “five-year plan”. Columbia professor Leta Hong Fincher told a panel of China watchers at a virtual conference by the Center for International and Strategic Studies last week. “What caught my eye was that they actually use specific language saying that […]
According to Fergus Finlay, writing in The Irish Examiner, many ‘attention seeking’ journalists are getting the ‘woke’ phenomenon all wrong. Basically it’s a great force for awareness raising and we should not be unduly disturbed by the odd bit of ‘silliness’ when some of the overly woke push political correctness too far. For someone who […]
In March of 2019, a couple attending the National Maternity Hospital were told by doctors that their baby had a condition which meant he would not live after birth. The couple say they were then led towards having an abortion and told not to wait for the results of a second test to confirm the baby […]
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 […]