It has been revealed that programmes seeking to ‘normalise’ abortion have been held for staff at 5 major maternity hospitals in Ireland. The programmes are being organised in conjunction with the World Health Organisation. Here are a few things that the World Health Organisation believe about abortion and the provision of abortion services. There is […]
On December 1, 2018, the Canadian police arrested Huawei VP & CFO, Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, who was transiting at Vancouver Airport, at the request of the U.S. government for mutual legal assistance. Meng Wanzhou was charged with suspicion of violating U.S. export controls and selling sensitive technology to Iran with false accounting information by the […]
There’s a lot you can legitimately criticise Simon Harris for – and trust me, I do. But even a broken clock is right twice a day, and it was only a matter of time before even a politician like him surprised us all with a salient point. As reported in the Irish Times this morning: […]
The American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) hosted a four day conference at Great Barrington, Massachusetts between October 1 and 4 which concluded with the launch of a statement regarding what the proper response to the Covid crisis ought to be. The Great Barrington Declaration (GBD) was co-authored by Professor Sunetra Gupta, an epidemiologist at […]
There’s been some sustained criticism of the Archbishops in recent days for their seeming passivity on the question of whether people should be allowed to go to mass during the lockdown, including from Gript columnists like Professor Ray Kinsella, writing here. And don’t the critics have a point? What’s the point in having Archbishops in […]
Another day, another one of these: A Dublin GP says he has decided to close his practice after being threatened with suspension by the Medical Council over his anti-lockdown and anti-mask views on Covid-19. Dr Marcus de Brun said he decided to end his HSE contract and to step back from public speaking “under duress”, […]
As the New Zealand euthanasia referendum approaches, voters could be helped by looking at the experience in other countries before making up their minds on this complex topic. At the end of July, Czechia became the latest country to reject the legalisation of euthanasia following similar rejections in Portugal and Finland. The opposition to the […]
You have to hand it New York Orthodox Jewish community: the Irish Church leadership could learn a lot from them. When the Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio – taking time off from marching in massive crowds against imagined rascism – decided to weld shut the gates of public parks and close down synagogues, […]
As the economy tanks, and tens of thousands of Irish people lose their jobs due to lockdown, our nation’s intrepid leaders have turned their attention to the issue that clearly matters most: cows farting in Leitrim. The government has officially announced their new Climate Action Bill, which will aim for a “net-zero” greenhouse gas economy […]
Kristie Higgs, who had been a pastoral assistant at a Church of England primary school in Gloucestershire, lost her case against dismissal on Wednesday. She had been sacked because the school management of Farmor’s school in Fairford had decided that she had been guilty of “gross misconduct.” When you consider that gross misconduct for teachers […]
An interesting emerging story, this. Here’s the Tánaiste, in his now legendary/infamous (pick your adjective) appearance on Claire Byrne on Monday night: “But what happened on Sunday night came out of the blue. Last Thursday, when we received our advice from NPHET, there was no suggestion at all that they were going to level five” […]
The country is at yet another crossroads. There is a build-up of traffic. Brexit beckons. The economy is comatose. The credibility of the Government’s COVID-19 strategy is under serious pressure. And Ireland’s new secularism is leading to an oppression of fundamental rights and freedoms. Trust – that most precious civic commodity – is always a […]