Two Georgian nationals have been convicted of large scale human trafficking, though one was spared prison because she had a teenage son. Vakjtang Jokhadze, 48, and Sophia Grdzelishili, 46, are divorced but still live together. Both acted as a “distribution network” to provide fake driving licences and ID cards from EU countries to Georgian illegal […]
The findings of the latest Irish Times/MRBI poll on Covid attitudes – covered by Ben on Friday here – are genuinely extraordinary. Overall, a slight majority – 51% – want to open the country up more quickly than the Government is presently doing. But it is very close – 46% actually think the country is […]
The end of ‘outdoor summer’?
A campaign has been launched to revive the Irish Mass rocks. Religious charity, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Ireland has invited priests in each of the 26 dioceses of Ireland to celebrate the Eucharist at a Mass Rock located in their Diocese. They said “the intention of each of these 26 Mass Rock […]
According to the latest Irish Times/IPSOS MRBI poll, a large majority of people want mandatory masks in shops to remain even after most people are vaccinated against covid-19. The poll, which was conducted song 1,200 adults across all electoral constituencies nationwide, asked respondents to choose which of two statements was closest to their view. Then […]
Idir 1937 agus 1946, bhí an scríbhneoir Máirtín Ó Cadhain ag obair faoi scéim de chuid An Gúm ag bailiú focal agus leaganacha cainte as Gaeltacht na Gaillimhe. Le linn na tréimhse sin, chuir Ó Cadhain breis agus aon mhilliún focal d’ábhar chuig An Gúm, agus sin in ord agus in eagar faoi bhreis agus […]
Chaos on the streets again.
What was the justification for exterminating a family of wild boar that was discovered in county Kerry? Well, the answer, as usual, is based on agriculture: The notion that if this “invasive species” was allowed to take hold in Ireland, it might pass diseases on to our poor domestic pigs, and, in the final analysis, […]
Straightforward question, really, and one worth talking about a little bit. Fans of football will have tuned in, last night, to the European Championship clash between Denmark and Belgium in Copenhagen, and seen the host nation lose 2-1. They will also have seen a live, in person, outdoor attendance of some 40,000 football fans. Why, […]
Canadian doctors have warned that the experience of their country shows that euthanasia laws expand rapidly, as do the number of people being killed by euthanasia. Dr Luke Savage and Dr Keily Williams from Alberta wrote to the Irish Times in response to an admonition not to allow any references to “slopes, slippery and otherwise” in […]
A man who was praying at an abortion clinic in Coleraine while offering what he described as “financial, physical and emotional support” to women “suffered a violent attack at the hands of people described as “pro choice activists”. The pro-life activist was approached by a man who doused him – and the poster of a […]
The Rural Independent Group has slammed the passing of the Climate Action Bill in the Dáil, and accused the government of “dancing to the green tune.” Speaking in the Dáil yesterday, Deputy Mattie McGrath had some strong words for Climate Minister Eamon Ryan. “The Minister should prove us wrong about our worries. We did not […]