If there was an award for “brass hypocrisy”, to borrow Mattie McGrath’s term, then Sinn Féin would be short odds favourite to land the spoils. McGrath was referring to the party’s call to move Dáil proceedings back to Leinster House – after they had previously refused to support him at a Business Committee meeting where […]
If and when you finally snap and murder that annoying neighbour of yours who won’t stop playing house music into the early hours of the morning, you have a new defence at the ready when you go before the judge: “I didn’t murder him, m’lud, I just assisted him to die” Anyway, that’s what euthanasia […]
This poll, it should be stressed, is from the UK, and not Ireland. But do we really think public opinion here would be drastically different? 62% of Britons – and all ages ranges – say they would support the introduction of a curfew between 10pm and 5am as a measure to prevent a second coronavirus […]
In MacHale Park in Castlebar last weekend, three GAA fans were escorted out of the grounds by Gardaí, during the semi final encounter of Breaffy and Westport. Three lone supporters standing in empty stands that could easily hold 25,000 people were a public health safety. Mayo Journalist Michael Commins, expressing the same frustration that Mayo […]
The establishment media and political left were swift to downplay the possibility, questioning the trustworthiness of any vaccine touted by the Trump administration.
Credit to Hugh O’Connell in the Independent for this scoop, though some readers may have missed it since it is near the end of his report: The Nphet advice was given to the Government last Thursday and included new guidelines for pubs to follow when they reopen. This includes a ban on any live music […]
This poll result is very funny, but it says a lot more about the American media than it does about President Trump: The media is now less trusted than Donald Trump to provide accurate info about the #coronavirus. 👉🏻 https://t.co/vultD2ZYIn pic.twitter.com/ikxv6OerAm — Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) September 7, 2020 40% of voters trust Trump to give […]
The media campaign for euthanasia appears to be well under way at the moment. While various broadcasters and columnists have been issuing a call for a debate on this issue, it’s very difficult to see what we are being presented with as anything other than a push for euthansia. It is displayed almost too neatly […]
A Scottish Hate Crime Bill is being met with an “avalanche” of opposition as judges have now joined police and free-speech campaigners to raise concerns over the controversial proposal. Critics of the Bill say that vague language and a section on “stirring up hate” could be used to stamp down on free speech and criminalise debate. […]
Fresh from solving world hunger and permanently ending all wars, the United Nations has turned its focus to the last and worst evil afflicting mankind (sorry, humankind).
Hardly a surprise. There are a few certainties in life: the sun rises in the east, sets in the west, and the Labour Party is always in favour of the next lefty social change thing, whatever that might be. And predictably enough, this time, it’s euthanasia: The Labour Party has thrown its support behind the […]
The Journal.ie, a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network’s [IFCN] code of principles and the only Irish media organisation recognised as a fact-checker by Facebook, appears to be having trouble sorting fact from allegation in some of their latest articles. The Week in Quotes, a regular fixture where the Journal.ie, as you probably guessed, go […]