Media platforms and social media users have been warned to watch out for footage being shared on social media which purport to be from Ukraine but are in fact old or doctored images. As the situation in Ukraine continues to escalate, news platforms rush to post visual images because they drive more traffic than anything else. That can lead […]
The west is not just imposing sanctions: It is waging a full scale hot economic war on Russia.
What we have, with surrogacy, is a legal severing of the natural ties between birth mother and child.
What is currently taking place in Ukraine is a reminder of why historian Timothy Snyder described the country as having been part of the Bloodlands. He applied it to Ukraine, but also to Belorussia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia as well as to the eastern strip of the actual Russian Socialist Republic that came under […]
EU president Ursula Von Der Leyen has said that she wants Ukraine to join the European Union, claiming that “they belong to us.” The remarks were made this week amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. “We have a process with Ukraine that is, for example, integrating the Ukrainian market into the Single Market. We […]
As we saw here in Ireland, predictions of mass deaths from the dreaded Covid-19 proved unfounded. Remember Prof Sam McConkey who predicted that Ireland could face between 80,000 to 120,000 deaths from the coronvirus? Though the death toll never reached a tenth of that number, McConkey is still wheeled out for comment regularly by the […]
At the end of the year, whoever leads Fine Gael is set to take over as Taoiseach from Micheál Martin as a condition of the government coalition. Some would naturally assume that this means we’ll see a return of Tánaiste Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach, as he is obviously the current leader of Fine Gael. Varadkar […]
That, at the end of the day, is what nationalism is: The willingness to give yourself and your life for the country you call home
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s deterrence forces – military units in control of nuclear arms – on high alert. Putin’s given justification for the move was both sanctions against Russia, and what he sees as aggressive statements from NATO. “As you can see, not only do Western countries take unfriendly measures against our […]
On September 25th 2018, 4 years ago, Donald Trump as US president gave a speech to the UN General Assembly. During the speech, he gave a stark warning to German leaders. Watch the German delegation’s response at #UNGA when Trump says “Germany will become totally dependent on Russian energy if it does not immediately change […]
An Independent TD says that Ireland’s energy supply is “very exposed” to the Ukraine conflict, accusing Eamon Ryan of trying to “sabotage” Ireland’s energy security. The remarks were made this week in the Dáil, as Danny Healy-Rae TD asked about the proposed Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal on an estuary of the river Shannon. “A […]
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that Ireland has “benefitted from cheap food for a long time,” and said that he believes food prices will go up due to the conflict in Ukraine. The remarks were made in the Dáil this week while speaking to Independent TD Michael McNamara, who said that food shortages in western […]