Serious allegations were made in the Seanad.
A Cork TD has accused both the Taoiseach and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of gross negligence and failing in their duty to protect the Irish Fishing sector. Rural Independent TD Michael Collins said that he had challenged the Taoiseach, the Minister and the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) on what he […]
Ireland has been scored as the eighth worst country in the world in the Nanny State Index just published by the European Policy Information Center and the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA). Christopher Snowdon of the IEA said that “the pandemic was a reminder of the difference between a genuine public health problem that requires […]
There is however significantly more support for the medical use of cannabis, with 54% of respondents in favour.
In the next few days it is expected that both the Johnson & Johnson and the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines will be approved by NIAC for those aged 40-49 in Ireland. Reportedly, this new approval has been backed by Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan, and once approved, the HSE will announce that people in the 40s age […]
According to Communications Minister Eamon Ryan, cyber attacks on the Irish State are “commonplace” and happen on a regular basis, despite the country’s main cybersecurity role being unfilled for over a year due to low pay. “This is very commonplace unfortunately…our systems are always under attack,” said Ryan. Despite these apparently regular attacks, the job […]
Táinaiste Leo Varadkar has admitted that his lockdown “curtailed people’s freedom,” and told his political colleagues that he is surprised at how extreme his own lockdown has ended up being. Speaking in the Dáil last week, Varadkar spoke about the “extraordinary” laws passed regarding covid-19. “We have passed some extraordinary laws in this House and […]
Every time we report one of these polls, the comments on Facebook and Twitter and other social media platforms are the same: “fake poll”, or “they didn’t poll me”, or words to that effect. And that is understandable, nobody likes to be in the minority, or feel the country is against them. Least of all, […]
In fairness, every other left wing hobby horse lobby group in Ireland already gets taxpayer funding, so why should the prostitutes, of all people, be left out? Well, they’re left out no longer. The full, ahem, ins and outs of how the money was channelled from your pockets into the pockets of the campaign to […]
Some of the books and films on the prescribed list for the English curriculum in secondary schools contain “explicit graphic sexual content including sex between older adults and minors, bestiality and violence including torture.” That’s according to former Minister of State in the Department of Education, Willie O’Dea who has submitted a question to the Minister […]
A woman was transferred from mandatory hotel quarantine to hospital last night (FRI) suffering chest pains due to stress. Cindy Connolly travelled to Dublin from the UK to care for her 79 year old father who was released from hospital earlier this week after suffering an adverse reaction to Pfizer’s Covid 19 vaccine. She got […]
A US based firm is collecting nearly $1,000 more in average rent in Ireland than in the United States, the Sunday Business Post has reported. SBP’s Killian Woods says “New filings published by the US real estate firm, which has 2,067 rental units in Ireland, show the average monthly rent in its Irish residential portfolio […]