The ESB has confirmed that it is working on plans to demolish its power plant sites at Shannonbridge in West Offaly and Lough Ree in Lanesborough in order to construct “renewable energy centres.” The semi-state company say the demolition works will assist the State in reaching its emission reduction goals by 2030. The move has […]
The Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD says a public inquiry is needed into the abortion of a healthy baby in the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) after a misdiagnosis – and he has queried why the State is covering the legal costs of the private clinic involved in the testing which led to the abortion. Deputy Tóibín […]
The Gardai have received understandable criticism in recent days for enforcing bad, and contradictory, laws about the consumption of alcohol in public places. As such, they have taken the path of least resistance: They’re going to “use their discretion” and simply not enforce the law: Earlier today, Commissioner Harris issued an instruction to regional Assistant […]
The National Maternity Hospital (NMH) and all other defendants have admitted liability in a case taken by a couple who said their preborn baby boy was aborted at 15 weeks after they were wrongly advised he had what the doctors insisted was a “fatal foetal abnormality”. In fact, after the abortion, when the results of […]
As Islamic terrorism is declining across Europe, in Ireland the problem is growing. The number of people arrested in Ireland last year after being suspected of being engaged in Islamic terrorism has tripled from the year before, a new report has revealed. In 2020, 18 individuals in total were arrested on suspicion of Islamic terrorism. […]
Jeffrey wins…eventually.
The BBC has caused controversy by banning white people from applying for a trainee job working for some of its popular programmes – including Springwatch and The One Show. The one-year trainee production management assistant role with the BBC’s Science Unit in Glasgow is ‘only open to black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates’. According to the […]
Amidst all the tiresome controversy around the proposed ethos of the new national maternity hospital, which is now slated to cost, naturally, some €800m, one thing has been forgotten: The Sisters of Charity, in an act of timeless folly, volunteered for this public whipping. After all, they are choosing to donate the land on which […]
Independent TD for Laois Offaly Carol Nolan has launched a scathing attack on the Governments controversial Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021. Deputy Nolan was speaking after she made a significant contribution opposing the legislation which was passed by the Dáil last week. The Bill will now move to the Seanad where […]
The Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival, which typically attracts as many as 60,000 visitors, has been cancelled again for the second year in a row due to covid-19. The event was due to be held in September in the area close to the Burren in Co. Clare. Festival Organiser Marcus White issued a statement on the decision […]
Since assuming office, the government have crucified the Irish fishing industry through massive fish quota losses and a raft of new stringent regulations and penalties, Michael Collins TD has said. Speaking with the Rural Independent Group, the Cork South West TD slammed what he described the government’s “gigantic failures” – to protect Ireland’s fishing interests, […]
A fifteen-year-old arrested for allegedly stealing a naggin of Smirnoff vodka in Dublin city centre was found to be in possession of a knuckle duster. Reportedly the alcohol was found with the security tag still attached when the teenager was apprehended by police in the Temple Bar/Dublin 2 area. Gardaí seized a bottle of vodka […]