As the debate around transgender biological males in women’s sports comes to a head, you’d imagine that a group like Labour Women would be on the side of – well, biological women. But alas, that would make too much sense. Tweeting from their official account last night, the group reposted a Journal.ie article advocating for […]
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There’s a bit of carts and horses about this one.
According to Eurostat, the European Union only produces 42% of its energy needs within its own territory, highlighting the bloc’s severe energy dependence. As per the most recent Eurostat energy report, in 2020, the EU imported 58% of the energy it consumed from outside the Union. ⚡⬅️In 2020, the EU imported 58% of the #energy […]
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More than 15,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Ireland to date, and emergency accommodation is reportedly soon set to be exhausted at the current rate of arrival. According to BreakingNews.ie, the government has been informed that emergency accommodation will be depleted within weeks, and authorities will have to begin setting up tents, prefabs and modular […]
The UK’s public broadcaster has faced harsh backlash and criticism from women’s rights groups after describing women as “people who are assigned female at birth.” The remarks were made this week in a BBC article on the medical condition endometriosis, which affects a woman’s uterus-lining, ovaries and fallopian tubes. The phrase “assigned female at birth” […]
According to one member of the Seanad, Irish citizens are currently trapped in Canada over Justin Trudeau’s Covid rules. The comments were made in the Seanad this week by independent senator Sharon Keogan, who described Canada as a “so-called liberal democracy” which shows “signs of authoritarian leanings” over its crackdown on unvaccinated citizens. “Canadian Prime […]
When you make things more expensive and more rare and more exclusive, you begin to have an inherent political appeal to snobs.
These have been long, dark, miserable years. Covid 19 bears much of the blame for that. As a society though, our own share of the blame is much, much, greater than we will ever admit to ourselves.
One of Sinn Féin’s biggest critiques of the Irish government is that parties like Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are not serious about military neutrality. In the run-up to the 2019 local election, Sinn Féin urged the public to “defend neutrality” by voting for them “because others can’t be trusted.” They added that “you can’t […]
As Irish households begin to take in Ukrainian refugees, reports are emerging of alleged tension, arguments and disputes between hosts and guests. According to one TippFM report, an Irish host woman from Tipperary was forced to ask a Ukrainian woman to leave after witnessing behaviour she described as “odd.” The Irish woman said that the […]